Drag racing times

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Yes, laptimes, that's what the car is built for, come out to the Sears Point Nationals if you want to find out, or maybe its time I make it up to Portland this fall, hmm.  =)

Javad

> I think doing a 80tq conversion with EFI is definitely the
> way to go for an awesome all-around daily driver type car.
>
> How much reliability are you willing to sacrifice to turn up
> the boost a lot and run it on the ragged edge?
>
> Forget about the 1320, let's hear some lap times. :-)
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JShadzi at aol.com [mailto:JShadzi at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:05 PM
> To: t44tq at mindspring.com; ti at amb.org; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Drag racing times
>
>
> Hmm, ok, I was trying to be conservative =)  Ok, so in Road and Track it
> states that an E55 AMG will do 12.4 at 116, all for $75k, imagine a little
> tweeking and some slicks would get it closer to 12 flat, and an S4
> totalling about $130k is about the same...
>
> Hmm, so when I turn up the boost to 22psi and hit Sears Point on a cool
> night and run a 12.5+, I guess I'll feel like I won $100k considering
> the $10-15 I've got in mine(including the car)  =)
>
> Javad
>
> Javad
> >
> > Actually, as of last year, Mark had something like $90k into that
> > S4tt, in terms of development costs, etc. so you can't do it for $30k.
>
> > :-)
> >
> > Taka
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Yes, given enough time and money...Dialynx's short wheel base Sport
> > Quattro Replica turned something in the mid-10's at the
> last GTI
> > International, etc, etc.
> >
> > Now if I could just convince someone to give me $30k (not
> > including the
> > price of the car) to build an 11 sec S4tt =)
> >
> > Javad