Scotts Dotts

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Mann Law wrote:

> 	Scott, sometimes I have a hard time understanding your posts.  

Haha, you mean I'm not the only one that has a hard time following 
Scott's dots?

> increasing boost].  But when we talk hp mods., let's talk specific rpm 
> range hp changes, ok?  *If*, a person is looking for low-end performance 
> gains [hp gains, torque gains, throttle response, etc.] then the RS2 that 
> everyone is talking about is best kept on the shelf.  The lag it carries 
> stock will have you putting my "little" turbo back on.  Simply bolting on 

I guess I have very little experience in this area, since most of my 
previous work was with rotary engines, and normally aspirated at that.  
However, I did ride in PDQSHIP a couple times, and although there were 
other rather significant mods in place, that RS2XstDiXxxx turbo spooled 
up and made some serious boost at less than 3 grand!   That was 
impressive.  From the last few months of looking at mods (and trying a few) 
I think that there are a few areas that the casual tweeker can address 
that will give gains at a better bang-for-the-buck ratio than RS2 
turbos.   I think that a serious tweeker can get some tremendous power 
with some really well engineered solutions to some basic problems, but 
here I'm talking about some major design and prototyping work.  I'll 
enlighten everyone on the details as each technology is tried and proven.

> 	In short, I do understand the risk of increased boost, but I also 
> understand that people are misled into thinking that an RS2 turbo tweek 
> is going to make them see naked mermaids on their next trip to the 

Hmmmm, the last time I saw a naked Mermaid was 1978 in the harbour in 
Copenhagen.   Nowhere near a 7-11, and I hadn't even thought about the 
Quattro at the time.  The Mermaid was cute although a little cold  :-)

> increase power.  If you want to drive a quicker car to work, maybe play 
> with a Mustang or 3 at the corner light----seek out the budda named 
> "low-end power".  BTW, detonation is what we should fear, and it is 

You can play with a Mustang with a high lag turbo - you just have to know 
how to launch the car.    Its the old man in the STS on the freeway that 
suddenly accelerates, and catches you off guard that requires throttle 
response to beat.

Later,----------------------------------------------------------
Graydon D. Stuckey 	'85 Mazda RX7 GS, no toys 
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu 	'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, has toys
Flint, Michigan USA	'89 Thunderbird SC, lotsa toys