GTI VR6

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Has anyone looked into this car for IT? I haven't seen it classed yet.

Whats the potential for a VR6 GTI?
 
I'd guess that it would be in ITS, and probably not very competitive against the 240Z and the 2nd Gen Mazda Rx7.

Heck, the TR8 is classified in ITS, but I haven't seen any being built.



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Tim Linerud
San Francisco Region SCCA
#95 ITB GTI, GP for 2002
 
Tim,
There is a Jetta VR6 in New England that does very well up against everything BUT the damn BMW's, He is really just getting the car dialed in and when he is done I think the will do quite well against even the 325's. I run a '92 2.0 16v GTI (a Shine car) and my car does extremely well also aganst all the other cars in the class. The BMW's seem to be the car to have up here in the North-east. :-)

Jeff

Originally posted by racer_tim:
I'd guess that it would be in ITS, and probably not very competitive against the 240Z and the 2nd Gen Mazda Rx7.

Heck, the TR8 is classified in ITS, but I haven't seen any being built.
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One TR8 coming up. Building one now, about 80% done. SeDiv. Looking forward to getting lapped by the Mazdas, fastest ITS cars down here.
 
Start with SCCA, get the weight to a reasonable level. 2650-2700 is about the proper weight. The other problem like my Corrado you are goint to struggle with sheet metal parts. Part are very expensive and hard to come by in some parts of the country.
Tires and wheels can be a problem. Panasport is the only company that makes proper offset and their wheel are specially manufactured for VW Vr6 type cars. Their wheels won't come loose(trust me on this). Tire wear is a big issue and hope you have deep pockets. I don't want to sound sarcastic, but I race a Corrado Vr6 and with 68% of the weight at the front wheels, tire wear is a problem. I recommend you call me for futher info.

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Gary Semerdjian
#98 Corrado ITS
 
Gary,

I'm just curious as to what evidence you presented to the CB to get them to change the weight. Give me your email address, and I'll contact you off-line. It's my understanding, that several people gather just about every possible piece of data on the Rabbit GTI, including having a licensed Tech inspector weigh a few race cars as well as a street cars. The end result was that the weight was reduced by 50#, even though the data indicated that it should have been reduced by closer to 3x that amount.

Even though several people have recently requested that the weight be changed, the pat answer is that it has 'been previously reviewed, and is correct as specified'. Yet, all attempts I've made to find out what basis that determination was based on have yielded essentially 'It was done so long ago, and the people involed aren't around any more, and neither is the data they used.'

My email is [email protected]


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MARRS #25 ITB Rabbit GTI
 
If, between you, you can come up with some indication of a process or standard at work, please feel free to post it for the benefit of the rest of us? Please?

Good luck!

Kirk
 
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