Hey Clayton, > I'm sorry, but your car must be in need of a large tune up. Mine has > torque from about 2000 and up...
Yes, a good-running 2.0L does have decent torque from ~2000 up. However, compared to a large-displacement motor that has a non-peaky powerband, it's not as impressive. A motor with monster torque does not need to be downshifted for passes, etc. I supposed I should have said I don't really like peaky high-RPM motors **on the street**. My Benz 3.0L turbodiesel has gobs and gobs of power from 2-3000. It's almost as much fun to drive as the GLI, with much less work (I control the slushbox by hand, btw). If you have never owned a vehicle with major low-end grunt, you probably think I'm nuts. ;~) To each his own. > As a designer by edu-ma-cation and making a living designing, I must say > that there are no such things as foolproof designs. No, really, people > will find a way to mess up the most beautiful solution to a problem. As > far as your cars' handling... If you car cannot kick the rear end out, then > you have a HORRIBLE suspension set up. My rear end will slide whenever I > want it to when driven > near the limit. Obvously you need to tune your suspension as well. Car > suspension engineers which make a living by tuning a car for the average > driver are not stupid. (snipped) Again I should have clarified. I want to be able to control the rear end with the throttle and the front with the steering wheel. The front wheels cannot do everything all at once and do it all perfectly. Simply not possible with FWD. I also was referring to clean, dry pavement only- no snow or dirt stuff. BTW, my "HORRIBLE" suspension setup is what those expert VW engineers shipped the stupid car with, so yell at them. After all, it is the SPORT model. With a poorly-suspended RWD car you can still make the rear do something, assuming it's not a complete dog in the HP department. Awright, I'll shaddup about the xWD thing. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming..... -Dave 2 1990.5 GLI 1991 GLI 1987 300D <snip> _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
