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Volkswagen Golf: Golf Goes Racing Sep 28, 2009

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This weekend we brought our Golf to an SCCA autocross, where we competed as the lone F Street Prepared entrant. While we didn’t have any direct competition, we gauged our performance against some other classes—the car and driver did quite well for an opening effort, finishing 12th on index.

Thanks to the well-developed suspension, the car handled quite nicely but was down on power. We found ourselves flat-footing in sections where other cars were lifting. We’ll have to fix that—not by worsening the handling, but by working on horsepower changes.

During our second run, the plastic fitting for the heater hoses at the firewall cracked off, causing out coolant to dump out. We fixed this temporarily by bypassing the heater system—and we didn’t miss a single run.

Credit for the photos goes to Matt Skowronski.

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Comments

Soma007:

I meant to tell you yesterday but the car is looking great. Very clean especially considering what you started with. Keep up the good work!
Sep 28, 2009 1:31 p.m.

Gonzo_Bmod:

So how does it feel jumping into a “door slammer” after running in B Mod? Car looks nice BTW.
Sep 28, 2009 8:03 p.m.

Per Schroeder:

It's pretty slow, so I had lots of time to set up for corners. I actually found out why it was so slow—the catalytic converter matrix was actually inhabiting the muffler. Um. Yea. It's up on jackstands now getting a header and full exhaust.
Sep 29, 2009 6:59 p.m.

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