[s-cars] 1/4 mile results

[Bruce Mendel]

Alright, now I will go to the drags out of curiosity. I have never launched
my car hard or even run floored in 1st gear...so I'm curious as all hell!

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Burig" <dburig at igsenergy.com>
To: "Chad Hall" <outex at charter.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] 1/4 mile results


> Great Post...Thanks!
> Multiple 5000 RPM launches?  Lee Harvey! You are a madman! When you stole
> that cow? And your friend tried to make it with the cow? I wanna party
with
> you.
> I had more than one of my employees walk into my office while
> watching/listening to your footage with the audio turned way up.
> Nice!
> 13.925.  Damn. When I grow some hair on my pair, I'll join you for a day
at
> the strip.
>
> Dave B.
> Columbus, Ohio
>
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> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Chad Hall
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:23 PM
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> 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
> dragstrip over the past few days because with the tar/featherin' that took
> place 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 following link:   http://www.outdoorextremes.com/toppage1.htm  I was
> surprised 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 couldn't believe how hard it was to hook up at the track:  2wd
> cars need the extra 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 revs 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 600 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 trying 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 happy 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 some 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, consider 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
>
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