[s-cars] Re: Urs4 1/4 mile times

[Bill Mahoney]

Bob
That flywheel is worthy of a living room mantle display:)  Of course I'd
want to Jet Hot it first:)
And
The Atlantissimo software doesn't surprise me one bit.  Surprisingly
enough I happen to have the world's only recorded picture of it from
Area54-   http://songweaver.com/art/ph/ghostcar.gif
Now the 400hp, THAT does surprise me !
Cheers'
Bill m  -filling in for the vacationing crazy :paul k.

earlier Bob wrote:
>Last week, Tim McClean of Northern European Automotive in Concord NH
ran >his
>UrS4 at NE Audi's "Audi Eliminator" drag race.  His best ET was 13.499
and
>his high MPH was 103.6. The results are posted here:
>http://www.neaudi.com/dragsoverall.htm
>The car has the following mods:
>RS2 Turbo
>RS2 EM
>RS2 injectors
>RS2 MAF
>Northern European Automotive Lightweight Flywheel/Clutch
>Software -- (Bill M knows!)
>& a Stock Exhaust.
>Using some of the ET/MPH calculators out on the 'net, and assuming 4K
lbs.,
>this translates to about 340 HP at the wheels.  Applying the 18%
driveline
>loss I've seen posted here, and you've got 400HP from this little 2.2.
>Whether the HP numbers are right or not, I don't care.   Many years
ago, my
>67 GTO ran 13.99 at 101, and I thought I was hot shit.   Miss Piggy
with
>only 2.2l running a sub 13.5 is something to be proud of.
>Tim's shop: http://www.northerneuropeanautomotive.com/
>Regards,
>BOB (Hitting "400" was so easy, I ought to be an accountant for
Worldcom!)