Drag racing results from last night

[JShadzi at aol.com]

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Fun stuff Mike, glad to see you're out there practicing, looking forward to
Dubwar, lets hope it stays under 100F ;)

Javad

In a message dated 7/3/2003 4:50:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mdg3369 at newtsplace.com writes:

> Hey gang
> I took the QSW Turbo out last night to the legal quarter mile drags. I know,
> I know, Quattros aren't meant to be drag cars, I've already heard it :)
> Anyhow,
> First run of the night, I ran 16.4 at 82mph and lost the alternator belt about
> half way down the track. This lead to me purchasing two new belts at the
> local Autozone, and loosing LOTS of track time. I guess next time I'll
> remember to tighten the alternator pivot bolt...
> So I get back in the car after replacing the belt, decide to go for broke,
> pull off the cap from the 3" downpipe, enter some random, super rich numbers
> into the EFI computer, and pull into the staging lanes. As usually happens,
> everyone was laughing and making very intelligent remarks about my beat up
> station wagon. All those remarks ceased when I made my second and final pass
> of the night, and ran a 15.1 at 90mph NCFS. Granted, this isn't that fast, but
> this is with 1.2 bar manifold pressure (a whopping 3psi) and 500lbs worth of
> me, passenger, and tools in the car. The new head, cam, turbo, header
> package REALLY breathes well, and that MC bottom end can really take a
> beating. I was shifting well past 7000 RPM in first and second gear (and
> still making enough power to justify those shift points!)
> The true test will be at Dubwars this year, next weekend. I see Javad and Ed
> Armstrong have signed up for the drag racing action, it should be some fun
> racing!
> Mike
> '88 QSW K27/EFI/Header