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RE: eclipse turbo



If it doesn't have a turbo you'd better be able to spank it.  I'll race the
non-turbos in my Jetta GL all the time.  The turbo's I've run against seem
to be quick off the line but they loose steam after 90 or so.

Eric
www.venommotorsports.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Christopher Cooley
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 11:54 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: eclipse turbo
>
>
> And if its not a turbo, I'm assuming the VR6 will have no
> problem.  Yes?  Good
> to know next time I meet one at the line.
>
>
> Marc A. Brown wrote:
>
> > If the car is basically stock, you won't need much to run,
> especially if it
> > is a GSX.  The car feels sinfully fast when the boost kicks in,
> but if you
> > line it up next to something else, you soon realize that it isn't much
> > faster than anything else.  But if it is well modded, watch
> out.  These cars
> > can easily become 13 to 12 sec 1/4 mile cars at a fraction of
> what it would
> > take to get our cars to the same point.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <brewtail@mediaone.net>
> > To: Jetta Mailing List <jettaglx@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 4:12 PM
> > Subject: eclipse turbo
> >
> > > what are some of the experiences anyone has had with these
> cars? I have
> > > this guy that goes out of his way to show me what an ass he is. I was
> > > curious what I needed before I should try and blow him off the road.
> > >     thanks for the input.
> > >
>
>