[s-cars] UrS weight datapoint/Summit Point National Event highlights

[Bruce Mendel]

Highlight #3 - Bruce changes underwear post-session after realizing Bob
might not slow down for turn 1 from 135MPH to 50MPH, and I might merge my
car with his in the process.

All while politely declining his late friendly passing signal, not knowing
at the time why he gave it to me! One hand politely waving, one foot
standing (STANDING) on the brakes, and one, um, interesting experience. :)

Man, Bob, thank god that was a rear line and not a front!

Bruce
93 S4, clean underwear

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Pastore" <rpastore at animalfeeds.com>
To: "'Bob Rossato'" <bob.rossato at att.net>; "Bruce Mendel"
<brucem105 at comcast.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] UrS weight datapoint/Summit Point National Event
highlights


> Bruce:
>
> Fat cars and drivers:
>
> My spare, or the cars?  At 240lbs, I've got to be 60-70 lbs more than
Bruce.
> If I stay on this diet, I might be able to get it under 2 tons!
>
> BTW, I had a full tank of gas, and the spare was in the car.
>
> Summit Point:
>
> The two event hightlights for me were:
>
> Highlight #1: Mike Galati driving my car around SP raceway for 2 laps.
Holy
> crap, I've got a ton more to learn!!!!!!!   He was much faster than I'll
> ever be,  but I'm sure he was going at about 25%.  Being Italian, I
> understood how he needed one hand to talk to me while the other did the
> driving, but it was really amazing that he kept talking (and driving with
> one hand) through turns 5 though 9, which is a really tight, technical
> section of the track.
>
> Hightlight #2:  With Bruce running me down (he's fast) braking into turn
1,
> I blow out a stainless brake line.  Hoooooollllly shit!!!!!  I give Bruce
a
> late passing signal, which he politely declines, and he gets to follow me
> around for one very interesting lap.
>
>
> It was also great meeting Bob Myers there!
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Rossato [mailto:bob.rossato at att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:18 PM
> To: Bruce Mendel; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] UrS weight datapoint
>
>
> Well just to throw another data point out there, if one is really needed,
I
> recently put my '95 S6 sedan on a set of scales my friend has.
>
> 3756 lbs w/o driver (you don't really want to know the w/driver weight),
1/2
> tank of gas, 17x8 S6 Avus wheels w/235/45 Dunlop SP8000 (50.2lbs ea), and
> full size 17x8 Avus spare.  Car is otherwise stock except for
> Eibach/Bilsteins.
>
> I had previously had the car weighed when I had an alignment done a couple
> of years ago (has it been that long?) and it was 3747 lbs w/o driver, 1/2
> tank, same wheels and spare.  So comparable data from two sets of scales.
>
> From that I would estimate a stock S6 sedan with 16x7.5 Avus 225/50 tires
> (I'll assume ~44lbs) and standard space saver spare (31.6 lbs) to be
approx.
> 3710 lbs w/o driver and 1/2 tank of gas.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Mendel
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:30 AM
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] UrS weight datapoint
> >
> >
> > Bob Pastore and I had our cars weighed at the Audi nationals at
> > Summit Point
> > yesterday.
> >
> > His car - 95.5 S6 Avant, street tires, Bob in the car, 1/2 tank
> > of gas, not
> > sure if spare was in or out, 4048 lbs
> >
> > My car - 93 S4, track tires and wheels, no spare, 3/8 tank, 3850
> > with me in
> > the car
> >
> > Please note that Bob does NOT weigh 198 lbs more than me...I am sure
it's
> > the car! :)
> >
> > Bruce
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frank Amoroso" <fjamoroso at webtv.net>
> > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:21 AM
> > Subject: [s-cars] UrS weight datapoint
> >
> >
> > > BTW, at the ASW tech session of a few weeks ago we weighed Cody's '92
on
> > > a set of Intercomp scales...
> > >
> > > Mit Stromung (added lightness) and AT Italias + S03s (some lightness
> > > removed) it came in at 3,715 pounds.
> > >
> > > So, ~3,800 for a baseline is probably a good assumption.
> > >
> > > Frank at s-cars.org
>
>
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