Won & Lost to a red TT
06-19-2003, 10:02 PM
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Won & Lost to a red TT
Just got out of the gas station where, like a dumbass, I filled the tank completely. I pulled into the outside lane of two lanes which turn to the left. A red Audi TT (debadged) pulled up next to me on the left and cracked his passanger window (probably to see if I was gonna have a go...) Light turned green and I gave it 1/3 gas and noticed he gunned it...so I gunned it (it is a fairly wide corner so my SO3's gripped just fine). Since he had the jump and a shorter radius he was about 3 car lengths ahead to start. I kept the gas to the floor and my VTEC + CAI was just screaming. I think I kinda scared him when I passed him up.
So I took pole position at the next light and he lined up behind me. I took off rather slow and waited for him to pull into the adjacent lane so we could line up. I saw get into the next lane and gun it. Since I was expecting him to line up so we could go fairly, I wasn't ready to hit the gas. By the time I did, I soon realized I was sitting in 2nd gear at about 30-35mph. Needless to say, the damn car didn't downshift and I just watched him put about 4 cars on me while I waited for my RPM's to climb. Race was over before it started.
Oh well, I should have been prepared (and Acura should have let us control 1st gear with the 'tronic).
So I took pole position at the next light and he lined up behind me. I took off rather slow and waited for him to pull into the adjacent lane so we could line up. I saw get into the next lane and gun it. Since I was expecting him to line up so we could go fairly, I wasn't ready to hit the gas. By the time I did, I soon realized I was sitting in 2nd gear at about 30-35mph. Needless to say, the damn car didn't downshift and I just watched him put about 4 cars on me while I waited for my RPM's to climb. Race was over before it started.
Oh well, I should have been prepared (and Acura should have let us control 1st gear with the 'tronic).
06-20-2003, 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by Chaptorial
Good killed. Try that again from a dead stop and you'll take em.
Good killed. Try that again from a dead stop and you'll take em.
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06-20-2003, 11:53 PM
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Originally posted by WhiteCL2003
good kill? you lost. watch out for the 3.2 liter tt's hitting the streets this summer, there quick stock not to mention what a couple modifications will do.
good kill? you lost. watch out for the 3.2 liter tt's hitting the streets this summer, there quick stock not to mention what a couple modifications will do.
As far as the 3.2 is concerned, I'm sure I'll need some help with this damn auto tranny.
06-20-2003, 11:54 PM
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Originally posted by Maximized
You are forgetting one thing...TT's are available with quatro.
You are forgetting one thing...TT's are available with quatro.
06-21-2003, 07:04 PM
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guys the 180 hp tt is slow, that has the front wheel drive.. the 225 hp quattro isnt slow at all stock they will run high 14s to maybe mid 14s... it will toast out of the whole... my cousin has a 2002 tt and its fast.
06-23-2003, 12:05 AM
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Originally posted by ga2000
guys the 180 hp tt is slow, that has the front wheel drive.. the 225 hp quattro isnt slow at all stock they will run high 14s to maybe mid 14s... it will toast out of the whole... my cousin has a 2002 tt and its fast.
guys the 180 hp tt is slow, that has the front wheel drive.. the 225 hp quattro isnt slow at all stock they will run high 14s to maybe mid 14s... it will toast out of the whole... my cousin has a 2002 tt and its fast.
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But doesn' t the 225 hp quattro have more drivetrain loss to the wheels? I'm not too knowledgeable on Audi's, but i know the WRX have a huge power loss due to the AWD, saw a dyno from 7thgencivic.com that power to the wheels is actually somewhere around 165-175 HP (stock 227hp).
06-23-2003, 08:30 PM
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Originally posted by n00dleboy
But doesn' t the 225 hp quattro have more drivetrain loss to the wheels? I'm not too knowledgeable on Audi's, but i know the WRX have a huge power loss due to the AWD, saw a dyno from 7thgencivic.com that power to the wheels is actually somewhere around 165-175 HP (stock 227hp).
But doesn' t the 225 hp quattro have more drivetrain loss to the wheels? I'm not too knowledgeable on Audi's, but i know the WRX have a huge power loss due to the AWD, saw a dyno from 7thgencivic.com that power to the wheels is actually somewhere around 165-175 HP (stock 227hp).
06-24-2003, 12:54 AM
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Originally posted by quikcls
couldn't have said it better myself. if your havin problems with a tt, you need more practice and/or experience in racing
couldn't have said it better myself. if your havin problems with a tt, you need more practice and/or experience in racing
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