[s-cars] wrt BIG race cars

[Keith Maddock]

If you want to even further screw with their minds, mention that you're doing it on a engine with 135k miles and the original headgasket.....

:)

Keith
93 S4, 25 psi
95 968CS, extra CC's and variocam

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Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474     -    -    keith.maddock at trw.com

>>> Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> 04:44:19 09.11.2002 >>>
Nice work!

I sympathize with the boost discussion....everyone walks away from me
mumbling about how I don't know anything about cars when I say I run 27 lbs.
They think I must be confused about it.

Bruce
93 S4, 27 lbs
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Subject: [s-cars] wrt BIG race cars


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> Not too many race cars bigger than an Avant.  Here are my results, amongst
> everyone elses, from the Sept. Alfa Road America event.  Draw your own
> conclusions.  Not the best, not the worst and I still drove it home.
> http://www.caroc.com/ratimes2002.html
> Could only be better IME due to:
> Total rookie driver.
> All season tires.
> No 6 speed.
> No coilovers/happersized sway bar.
>
> The starters/officials & a few other participants etc. were seemingly
pleased
> to see a "horse of a different feather" out there running.  While waiting
for
> one run a couple O fatherland dudes inquired as to how much boost I was
> running.  When I told them 27psi, their gonads practically came out their
> ears.  "no no keep it below 17."
> "Yeah well whatever."
> That second gear out of turn 14 Stromung stereo blast through the gears,
up
> the straightaway to 125-130mph still plays in my head:-)
> Yeahess!
> RA being about a 4 mile course IIRC, I think a skilled driver with the
> aforementioned parts could have been dern near the top.
> So, it's not the best race car, but the RA drivers ed course has given me
> clues to its' limits and greatly enhanced the daily commute.
> BTW it can still haul a bunch of crap or the family of 6 too:)
> Cheers'
> Bill M
>
>
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