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Subject:Re: Childish question
From:David Marshall
Date:Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:25:29 -0700

Have you ever driven a Syncro?  There is NO way you can chirp the tires
(unless you lock the brakes!).  Now, say you multiply the power input by
4x... this would be like taking 1/2 the weight and 2x the power, this is
right where the 158hp Passat Syncro would be.  I have driven a modified
Passat Syncro with close to 200hp and the most you can get out of it is a
very short and brief "chirp".  The Syncro system works remarkably well!  In
order to see a real smoke show you need a Porsche 911 C4 - they wouldn't
let me take one of those for a test drive!

At 15:40 20/07/1999 -0400, Mark Gajewski wrote:
>With all the syncro talk on the list these days I feel I must participate in
>some way.....Can you burn rubber x 4 in a syncro??  Sure would look pretty
>neat to see 4 rubber tracks on the asphalt...even if they are only a few
>inches long :-)
>
>Mark

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