Re: Jettas are slow...

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

Chip makes a big difference on top end...  As far as shifting, I took third way
too far into the red, and still had no problem passing as I went into the
fourth.  Go figure.  Maybe he got a Monday car.  Pretty sure mine was built on
a Wednesday;)

Khan Klatt wrote:

> At 2:37 PM -0500 8/18/99, Billy T. wrote:
> >Raced a GLX last night in my GTI, on the freeway.  Walked him pretty good,
> >from the rear, with the windows down, doing about 120...  Damn, Jettas are
> >slow.
> >
> >b-
> >'98 GTI VR6
> >G-chip V.11, p-flow, custom exhaust, Weitec top adjustable shocks and
> >struts with matching springs...  and oh yeah, GLX wheels($250 if anybody
> >wants them, with tires, GAs)
> >
> >BTW, this is all in jest.  However, I did race a GLX, and I did walk him
> >pretty good.  He had some type of airbox mod, or p-flow(Can't mistake the
> >noise), and I think he had the resonator cut from the exhaust(can't
> >mistake that noise either).  He must not have had a chip, hence the big
> >difference.  When my chip was out, I got left by my friends GTI in every
> >gear, on the freeway.
>
> Maybe he didn't know how to shift either? With a chip the difference
> isn't much more than a car length or two over a quarter mile with
> equivalent mods and drivers.
>
> -K