[s-cars] Sciroccos (and GTi's) and Audis

[LL - NY]

It was stable, to a point. With -1.8 degree front camber, 6 mm toe out
front, 0 degree rear, I found it's entirely possible to snap spin a GTi in
the dry (on R-rubber, mind you) on lift throttle. And once the rear starts
stepping out, you really,  really had to react fast (which wasn't too easy
with a manual rack at 4.1 turns lock to lock)  or she was going full
around.  Made the car a bit twitchy at  95 - 100 on the front straight of
LRP in open lapping.

LL - NY

On 3/14/07, Bill Noland <wenoland at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Of course, A2 GTi's count. I drove an A1 and an A2. The A2 was heavily
> modded -- short shift-kitted, lowered, locked and loaded. After losing the
> original motor, bought a new 2 liter long block and promptly had it ripped
> apart and balanced. Work on the intake side and aftermarket exhaust sans
> cats and the motor was putting out about 150hp. Thing was a torque
> monster -- you could (legally) drive thru school zones in 5th gear, stand
> on
> it and it would just go.
>
> A 2300 lb. car with 150hp in the mid 80's was not too be ignored and it
> pulled many a higher priced car. The handling was pretty amazing, too --
> stable, never squirrely and always catchable in the dry, wet and snow.
> Well,
> there was that one time I ended up in the snow bank..........
>
> Bill
>
>
> > While having never "owned" a Scirocco, does an A2 GTi count?
> > Probably still one of the most fun cars I've ever owned, even though
> > it wasn't exactly "fast". It 'twas fast as an Autocrosser, did quite
> > well with it, even in stock class through 1995 (10 years on) mostly
> > because you could "feel" everything it was doing. Just missed the
> > trophies in 5 Divisionals, back when the class had 16+ cars.
>
>
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