[s-cars] Rod's Monster (no, his CAR!)

[Bruce]

So am I to understand that after I go with my next chipset, RS2 injectors,
and RS2 MAF, and pull a solid 350HP at the crank, I still should stay clear
of Rod's car at the track? :)

Rod, I'm totally intrigued. As a guy that temporarily owned (when the stock
market was good to me) a Ferrari 360, I thought that car was pretty quick.
But form the review I just read, yours sounds like a faster four-door
version of that car, which is what I've always wanted (i.e. MB E55, S55, BMW
M5, etc.).

Is it top secret stuff, or can you let me know what I need to do to go on
from RS2 setup? Have you dyno'd it yet? Do you ever come to NJ? :) I will
pay top $$s for a ride!!!

Bruce
93 S4 with its tail now tucked back between its legs after reading about
Rod's car


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From: "Chad Hall" <outex at charter.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 5:28 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Rod's Monster (no, his CAR!)


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Although I hope to NEVER be able to comment on Rod's manhood, I just got a
ride in his car.  I know how everone likes to give Rod crap about his car,
and his witticisms can sometime sting, but HOLY SH*T is his car fast!!!  I
have driven/been driven in every fast car I can get a hold of, from built
Mustangs to M3's to stock 911's to 3 different 911 Twin Turbos to a Ferrari
F355 to a rat-motored '69 Camaro to a race-prepped 944 T to various
Corvettes to a chipped WRX to a 375 hp RX-7 (shoots fire 4ft at 3-4
upshift).  Although the '69 Camaro was quicker ( ran 9 sec. quarters)  I
have never in my life seen a more tractable supercar.  The 911 Twin Turbo is
still the king of drivable factory-built hot rods but even in it's current
state, Rod's car will pull it.  And he hasn't even put the hot stuff in yet.
For all you naysayers, I think that there's only so much that Rod can say
about his car without sounding like a complete ass.  I doubt that he is
willing to put his car through the holeshot abuse I have put my car through
but I'd still bet $500 that his car is close to a 12 flat car, maybe even
high 11's. Keep in mind that car magazines are willing to beat the cars up
pretty bad in order to get the absolute best acceleration times possible.
Real world drivers usually can't (won't) come off the line very well with
their own cars.  Rod's car has truly amazing 3-7k rpm pull. My car will run
1.9 sec 60 ft. times, and 9.00 @ 78 mph in the 1/8th mile (94 degrees) yet
feels like a stock 2.8 ltr A6 compared to Rod's.  I have raced anything and
everything in most of the cars I've owned--you can be in a 6 sec. 0-60 car
and surprise the crap out of a guy in a much faster car just because of
driver error, power band, whatever.  Rod's car, however, is in a completely
different league.  Those who insist the new M5 is the 4 door to beat, really
don't get it.  I'm sure it is an intoxicating car but it is no faster than a
stock C5 Vette.  Hell, even Mercedes has cars nipping at the M5's heels.
Twelve flat cars pulling over 110 mph in the quarter are pretty rare.  Ones
that do it with comfort and solid, predictable handling while blasting
through 10" of snow come winter-time are rarer still.  I will have to talk
Rod into making a trip to the nearest 1/4 mile track (3 hrs. away) to
validate these wild tales I've been telling.

--Chad Hall
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