mrchill
TDIClub Enthusiast, Super Secret Diesel Ninja Vend
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2003
- TDI
- 96 B4v red \ 98 Mk3 green\98 Mk3 Jetta black\ 99 Mk4 Jetta green x2\ 99 Mk4 Golf silver x2\ 99 Mk4 Jetta black\ 97 B4 sedan green\04 JSW gold\03 JSW silver
Banks does a credible job of building very fast and attractive vehicles. I suspect you could too, but Gale Banks made a very fast truck....THEN he bragged about it. It was legit. Your car is potentially fast. I suspect it will be fast. It just has to get there. SO, when it does get fast, feel free to poke your chest out. You will have earned it. I personally feel as though you have asked for help here...and then later insulted us. You started out really nice and then got pretentious.
Maybe you didnt mean it, and some have said you didnt mean it, but the fact remains that you have some pretty unsubstantiated claims in effect. And Hot Rod, while its a good publication, is not the end all be all of drag racing. Like Jetta girl said, she races a lot and has slips to prove it. I watched here once. Her reaction time is stellar! I watched Rich at Fix um Haus go down the track wicked fast for what he was doing. I watched Andy2 go down the track his first time and while he was disappointed with his times, they were still both 14's. He was running snow tires, the wrong springs, the wrong timing and had a hard time hooking up. In addition, his reaction time was slow...but still he did VERY well. Better than many of the modified gas cars that day. He didnt come onto the board and claim the fastest Tdi....and we were at Waterfest! He could have claimed it as its the largest VW performance show of the year.
Again, I am not a racer, but I appreciate and admire those who are. I do build stuff though and to listen to your beginning and then your end, I now question your motives. Perhaps I am wrong. I have been wrong before. But I would again suggest your approach be a bit .....smoother in the future. And it would help if you went to a known venue...say, H2O and drag there. Must be a drag track available. Or perhaps come up to one of the dyno days. Dyno, and then got to a local track. suspect every state has one. Prove your case....THEN brag about it.
Maybe you didnt mean it, and some have said you didnt mean it, but the fact remains that you have some pretty unsubstantiated claims in effect. And Hot Rod, while its a good publication, is not the end all be all of drag racing. Like Jetta girl said, she races a lot and has slips to prove it. I watched here once. Her reaction time is stellar! I watched Rich at Fix um Haus go down the track wicked fast for what he was doing. I watched Andy2 go down the track his first time and while he was disappointed with his times, they were still both 14's. He was running snow tires, the wrong springs, the wrong timing and had a hard time hooking up. In addition, his reaction time was slow...but still he did VERY well. Better than many of the modified gas cars that day. He didnt come onto the board and claim the fastest Tdi....and we were at Waterfest! He could have claimed it as its the largest VW performance show of the year.
Again, I am not a racer, but I appreciate and admire those who are. I do build stuff though and to listen to your beginning and then your end, I now question your motives. Perhaps I am wrong. I have been wrong before. But I would again suggest your approach be a bit .....smoother in the future. And it would help if you went to a known venue...say, H2O and drag there. Must be a drag track available. Or perhaps come up to one of the dyno days. Dyno, and then got to a local track. suspect every state has one. Prove your case....THEN brag about it.
