[s-cars] RE: SPEC debacle

[Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)]

Taka wondered:

<<<-----Original Message-----
From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:13 AM
To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: SPEC debacle


Paul-
What do you mean by the NEA flywheel making a "diesel soundtrack?"

Whatever you all do, don't get a flywheel that's too light- it makes
it a real PITA to move the car around (I'm sure you know all about
this, Paulie) and harder to live with on a daily basis.

You know, I would love to have you all over at my house one of these
weekends- that would seriously piss off the neighbors across the
street, hearing a whole fleet of modified I-5s going up and down the
street. Payback for idling their f'ing diesel trucks late at night.

When I get a V-8 musclecar, they're going to LOVE me- long tube
headers, catless x-pipe and race mufflers will make a nice wake-up
tune at 6AM on Sunday....

Taka>>>


Um, OK, I'll try and paint a picture:

NEA LWFW sounds like my bro's MB W123 300D at idle.

How's that for a description for ya?  Push the clutch in and it's
silent.  I and many other LWFW users experience this (OK so it's really
not *that* bad), on NEA and other vendor's units.  But Dave Jones IIRC
seems to have a quiet one apparently?  So options apparently exist,
that's all I was saying.

Worth the extra noise, for me at least, IMO, blah blah blah.  It's
suuuuch a blast to drive.  Not too light, not *too* hard to move the car
around.  Good point tho Taka, I can't picture jockying Ray's car around
with his heavy sticky clutch, and that's w/ a steel FW.  But I am a
girlie mon afterall.  Mine was a bit challenging during SPEC break in,
and now just requires a 'driver adjustment' period to grow accustomed
to, but it's really liveable.  Maybe lighter than 11.4 lbs. is the
threshold of pain...

-Paul

ps.  so then what did MY neighbors do to deserve that caucophony of
madness they so often get???  When the GT2 drops by it's as if someone
is tearing a large gaping f'n hole in the atmosphere, starting like 1
mile away.  Gives me THO's just thinkin about it 8-)...