[s-cars] 1/4 mile

[Paul Krasusky]

Chad posted:

From: "Chad Hall" <outex at charter.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:22:49 -0500
Subject: [s-cars] 1/4 mile results

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I was afraid to post the results from our trip to Clay City, KY 1/4 mile dr=
agstrip over the past few days because with the tar/featherin' that took pl=
ace I thought the post would get lost in the shuffle.  First off, I have to=
 completely DISMISS any G-Tech claims I made in the past.  Although I still=
 feel it may be fairly consistent, it is (was) 2.5920873 % optimistic when =
compared to an actual 1/4 mile run.  Anyone interested can check out the fo=
llowing link:   http://www.outdoorextremes.com/toppage1.htm  I was surprise=
d to see stock LT1 Z-28s running low 14's @ 95-96,  stock WRX's running low=
 14's @ 92-93, I ran a best of 13.925 @ 96+ and if I had more than 3 runs I=
 would've figured out better shift points to raise the trap speed.  I could=
n't believe how hard it was to hook up at the track:  2wd cars need the ext=
ra traction at the line, but our cars HATE it!  My car runs much better on =
a cold street with no rubber build-up, able to spin at the launch to keep r=
evs up and lessen driveline trauma.  I got the pleasure of talking to a guy=
 from Lexington that owns a shop and ran a 1983 UrQuattro with a claimed 60=
0 hp and time of 11.22 @128. Complete ground up restoration was beautiful. =
 He seemed to really know VW/Audi's yet wasn't too cocky.  He is already tr=
ying to point me in a direction other than RS2 come spring (my wife already=
 hates this guy!).  Sorry for the long download time for the site, dial-up =
guys will take a while.  The way my car ran at the track, I wasn't really h=
appy with the time or especially speed but on that day amongst some really =
big power, that was about all she had.  I could maybe drop some time/add so=
me mph but it would take some more runs to figure out lower shift points.  =
To recap, all I've done to my 95 S6 is an MTM stage 1+ and a hi-flow custom=
 (local) exhaust.  To all you guys that told me to stuff the G-Tech, consid=
er it stuffed.  But to those who are happy to accept low to mid 14's for a =
modded S4/6, don't sell your car short--they can go to the track and not be=
 too embarrassed.

Chad Hall





Chad-

Great post.  First off, BAhahahahaha, ROTFLMFAO at that BIGGASSTURBO on that
LX.  WTF?  Looks like a charicature, or a cartoon turbo.  Seriously.  Yikes!

13.9?  And you weren't too happy????  That's respectable considering just a
1+ car, IMO.  And a 5k launch, huh?  You're a bigger man than I, I dared
less and suffered smellybadclutchbake (for you, Davey) on my 100k clutch.
Bogging the launch, 95 degrees out, I was barely seeing 15.1, though my trap
was more 98-99 IIRC.

Still surfing your site (while I can here with T1 rather than dial up at
home!), good stuff.  Tx.

-P