Author Topic: rabbit tdi-m vs. boxster (Read 5103 times)

hillfolk'r · « **on:** April 21, 2006, 07:29:45 pm »

it wasnt really a race,but, we were coming up to a light,,we both picked the left lane,i was behind him,,,this road has 2 lanes each way,,, the reason we picked the left lane was there was some slow pokes in the right,,so the light turns green,,and we go easy up to about 35 or 40(its a 50 zone),im in 3rd or 4th,,well he wasnt on it,,but was just enough to dust the slowpokes. at around 45 or 50,,he got on it, by that time im in 5th,well i gave him a second to see it accelerate,i wasnt too impressed,,,then i downed into 4th,hit the water inj.and was right there on him again,,,as we got up to 85 or so it was close,,he didnt pull away,but ididnt gain much either, but i was gaining,,,no doubt he would have top end advantage. like i said, not a race,but fun time,,, im thinkin that if we werelined up,,i coulda got himoff the line and held it good,,,,since i got this car going ive been waiting for a good stoplight race with a stupid ricer,,,,,the other day some dude in a camry was in the left lane(same road),and he was in a hurry,,so off the line i went easy,like 2nd gear off theline,,he went out 3 or 4 lengths from me ,, he thought he had me,but i wasnt even spooling 10 psi yet,, we were up to around 35 mph or so,i nailed it in 3rd for a second(maybe a few),,so i know i was gonna be ok in the traction department,,just came up to his front end,i mean side by side,,and i let off,,sorta felt dorky messin w/a camry,,but i was itching for a run,and he was getting on it,,,,it wasnt even a challenge :cry:

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2006, 07:19:04 pm »

um,,,,,,,, :shock:

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2006, 11:03:05 pm »

wow, if you had a run with a lower reaction time it's easily a 13 second car, you definetly can't be fooling around with camry's hehe. i was messing with a mk4 2.0 jetta today with my stock 1.6td, what a punk ass car.

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2006, 02:15:28 am »

yea,,did ya see what i did to my turbo??it happened at about 1100 feet,,i was inmid 90s,,BANG,sounded like a gasser w/a blow off valve!!!, freakin smoke cloud was huge,i was afraid it was the engine,,im stressin this turbo way out,,,,,still ran a [email protected] on the run that i blew 'er!!! there wasa kid there w/a mk2 jetta,clean,had a 1.8,,he said it was roached out,,turnin lo 17's best i think,, but he was cool,,got love for the vw,so ok!!!

Dr. Diesel · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2006, 07:49:37 am »

nice time, deo!

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2006, 08:38:25 am »

Damn dude, that's quick!

How were you launching, in 2nd?

And what's up with that reaction time???

Nice, gives me lots of inspiration for my project.

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2006, 11:18:15 am »

Quote from: lord_verminaard

Damn dude, that's quick! How were you launching, in 2nd?

And what's up with that reaction time???

Nice, gives me lots of inspiration for my project.

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

heh,i stopped off for coffee with that RT!!! i wish i was a girl,genetically,they have better RT's than guys,,,but then id stay home all day and play with my knockers,and not be able to get to the drags,,,my r.t sux,,i see the last yellow, should launch then,,,,but it feels too soon to launch,,,,,i gotta get over that,,,,heres an idea: my first run was crappy [email protected],then 2nd run was a 14.33@91??wtf???then 3rd run i tried a 2nd gear launch,,it sucked,15.19@95,,wierd,,,60 foot was 2.68,,,idont recommend a 2nd gear launch,,it killed the et,,gofor broke,,launched about 2500,3000 hammer down lots of wheelspin,,the "record" run was the 10th one pictured above,,,,the 12th run,,it went boom at about the 1000 mark,,it stillran a 14.17@95 when it blew the turbo :roll: ,,a bunch of times in the middle were good,,14.19,14.16,14.33,14.38,,,,right in there,,,,,got better throughout the day,gettin used to the track,etc,,,puttin on another stocker this time a kkk from my84 1.6td,,lets see how long till this one blows!!!,, some rt's i did,,,.953 ouch,.683,ok,,rt on the 2nd gear launch sucked too1.25,,use first!!!.856,, but i got a bunch over 1 second,,,just gotta practice more,,hopefully next weekend,,heh,i got in12 runs,,,like 1.25$ a run(15 entrance fee),, i drove it in off the street,lowered the front tires to25(i didnt have air to pump them back up),didnt touch anything inthe pump,,and the governor is set back to stock,,in a burnout itll rev to 5000-5200 or so,,,,seemed ok up there

Dr. Diesel · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2006, 01:06:39 pm »

what let go in the turbo? Why do you figure?

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2006, 05:12:01 pm »

Quote from: hillfolk'r

heh,i stopped off for coffee with that RT!!! i wish i was a girl,genetically,they have better RT's than guys,,,but then id stay home all day and play with my knockers,and not be able to get to the drags,,,my r.t sux,,i see the last yellow, should launch then,,,,but it feels too soon to launch,,,,,i gotta get over that,,,,

Yeah it does feel early, but here's what I do. It helps me to look straight down your lane rather than directly at the light. That way, the lights are a little blurry out of the corner of your eye. When they light up, it is much easier (for me) to see three distinct variations of each light as they blink- dimming-on, full bright, and dimming-off. When that third yellow hits full bright, drop the hammer. I cut a .650, .500, and .510 the first three times I ever raced. Some of the pro's there were not doing that well.

Also, the way I see it, if you are racing for fun and you redlight, oh well, you still get a timeslip.

Dammit I need a TDI engine.....

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2006, 07:11:42 pm »

cool tip!!im gonna try that for sure!!! i know what you mean,looking (in)directly at the timing lights . as far as the blow up,,i think its from overspeed,basically ihave my boost controller closed off,how fast does that turbo spin when its pushing 35+ psi???its gotta be crankin!!!maybe also a lot of heat from fuel,,i gotta "relax" more,,all i could concentrate on as far as guages is the tach,so im not sure what the egt was getting to.i used this turbo onmy truck for about 2 years,, and maybe about a year on my real 1.6td,i think the car that rabbittree got it from had about 160 on it,and it never spun too smoothly,the kkk spins way better,it(garret) was probably coked up some,,now i have to figure out a bigger turbo,so this doesnt happen again :wink:

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:47:59 am »

Quote from: hillfolk'r

...now i have to figure out a bigger turbo,so this doesnt happen again :wink:

VNT25. :twisted:

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

LeeG · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:16:54 am »

Ok, we need to see a video of this bad rabbit in action!

I dont suppose you would like to pop another turbo on video for us?

hillfolk'r · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2006, 06:54:24 pm »

um,i have a new hp digital camera,that snaps videos,,but i got no extra memory sticks. i have a nice lil sony "digital handycam" model dcr-trv140,,,,which one am i better getting a video on,probably the camera,,idont know if itll shoot enough video for a whole run. it doesnt seem to hold too much,,gotta get a new stick, i guess,,,,,what can i get a vnt 25 from???ill pop turbos all day,if needed!!!!!!!!!!wow,it did a barrel roll down the downpipe bbefore it blew it out,i can see the dents in it,heh,i just cut off the blownout area,and welded a patch over it,,good enough till i fab up another one :shock: