Augusta, Ga GTG's and Chat

[MÄDDNESSS]

Good catch with the wrong name

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Hahaha. Ya, I'm on my cell, it all comes up a little different.

[ripNdip]

Ripndip, which management do you have?

accuair switchspeed

[InTTruder]

IF any of you pilots are cruising this w/e, come visit us at Atlanta Motorsports Park while we run an HPDE Friday - Sunday. The TT RS will have Carbotech pads, RBF by Motul, an 034 RSB, and me as the pilot. Run for your lives!

20 Duck Thurmond Road
Dawsonville, GA 30534

VOILA!

[InTTruder]

Did you ever get to put that intercooler on?

Yes and NO. Test fit, removed it three day sbefore the total. Sitting in my garage waiting for something......

[InTTruder]

Whats up everyone? Well I came across some wheels and just trying to get secound opinion on these. I never really heard of them and wanted to hear if anyone heard of or have experince with them. They are Borbet Type As _ 16x7.5 _ 16x9 w/ tires, the guy asking $1150. They look good and have less than 500 miles on the tires. Here are a couple pics. Let me know what you think and worth my money or think I could get something better for the price.




And on the car

Borbets are dashizzle!

[THE TRUE FASTGTI]

Ted and tod both need yo stop BS'ing and come to the meets again in thursdays


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[MÄDDNESSS]

accuair switchspeed

nice.
you coming out to the meet tonight?

[Brock_Samson]

nice.
you coming out to the meet tonight?

I'm at work this very moment. Hope you guys are still there!

Also talking about doing a bbq at my apt on Sunday. Anyone interested in stopping by?

[VR6JETTA4u1998]

Borbets are dashizzle!

Looks like I might be getting them, lets see what happens.

[VR6JETTA4u1998]

VR6JETTA, I LOVE BORBETS! I thinj they are 1 of the most ballin wheels 1 could get. $1150 WITH fresh tires?! That's a good deal.
what kind of tires?

They are Falken Tires 205/40/16.

[ripNdip]

nice.
you coming out to the meet tonight?

No I haven't been able to make any meets yet cause my car is back home in VA right now. I'm going home next weekend for fall break and driving it down so ill be coming to them soon.

[Brock_Samson]

Nice! I lived in Ashburn and worked in Chantilly/Herndon for a while and before that I was in good 'ol Maryland.

How do people from the DMV keep ending up in Augusta? haha

[Brock_Samson]

Random mini-meet tonight at 1830 at Starbucks. Go crazy.

[ripNdip]

Nice! I lived in Ashburn and worked in Chantilly/Herndon for a while and before that I was in good 'ol Maryland.

How do people from the DMV keep ending up in Augusta? haha

Nice I have some friends that live in those areas. I go to USC Aiken so that's how I ended up down here.

[MrSavvy]

Random mini-meet tonight at 1830 at Starbucks. Go crazy.

Tonight, tonight? Or tonight a different day? lol
I can come out but not until 1900-ish.

[MrSavvy]

Oh and I still can't find a shop to weld a boser extension for my mkiv. Eff.
I called every site listed 2 pages back, along with 5+ others. And none of the shops can recommend anybody else. It's starting to look like I won't get a boser.

[MÄDDNESSS]

Random mini-meet tonight at 1830 at Starbucks. Go crazy.

**** bro, i forgot all about this. why you no call?

Oh and I still can't find a shop to weld a boser extension for my mkiv. Eff.
I called every site listed 2 pages back, along with 5+ others. And none of the shops can recommend anybody else. It's starting to look like I won't get a boser.

we can pull that off. just get a piece of scrap metal. we mold it.

[MrSavvy]

**** bro, i forgot all about this. why you no call?


we can pull that off. just get a piece of scrap metal. we mold it.

Can you tig weld? cuz that's one thing i haven't learned yet lol

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[MÄDDNESSS]

Can you tig weld? cuz that's one thing i haven't learned yet lol

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i can. but why not just mig it? im MUCH better at it.

[MrSavvy]

i can. but why not just mig it? im MUCH better at it.

Word. Like I said I can't weld yet, so I'm clueless. I just know tig is better but a lot harder. Course I hear both weld just as strong as the other if done right. Mig would be straight with me if it would hold well on a hood.

And of course I could compensate with beer and pizza and $. Can't go wrong with those 3. haha

Also, if you wanna do this with me (no homo), would it be better for me to buy an extension (like from speedtech)? Or could we just custom make a super aggressive boser? I wanna do it all professional like. Long-lasting and high quality and all that sh!t.

[MÄDDNESSS]

Word. Like I said I can't weld yet, so I'm clueless. I just know tig is better but a lot harder. Course I hear both weld just as strong as the other if done right. Mig would be straight with me if it would hold well on a hood.

And of course I could compensate with beer and pizza and $. Can't go wrong with those 3. haha

Also, if you wanna do this with me (no homo), would it be better for me to buy an extension (like from speedtech)? Or could we just custom make a super aggressive boser? I wanna do it all professional like. Long-lasting and high quality and all that sh!t.

either way could be done and it would hold just as well as the other.
no beer for me. i'll take some JD though. hahaha.
we could go either route. if you wanna make a custom we could do it. it probably wont be as accurate as the speedtech version, but i've never fiddled in this area. just to make sure we are clear. i dont want you to think im a pro at this stuff, i just know how to weld. ok? i've never done any body work before.
HOWEVER... i have looked into doing a sleepy boser hood to my mk4 GTI. so i have a very basic idea of what goes on in the process of making these piece. but that is it. i have not followed through with anything of the sort yet.

but if you asking for my opinion, i would go with the speedtech route, just to remove any and doubt.

[MrSavvy]

Haha it's cool. I was considering picking up welding just for this project. So the fact that you can weld is a step ahead of me.
F*ck pro's we got this.
I'll buy a speedtech and we can knock this out. After we're done maybe you will be confident enough and we can do a sleepy for yours.
While we're at it, I'd love to notch my frame. I have Raxles installed and I bought a set of Euroimage motor mount spacers. But I can't install the spacers cuz my axles will hit the frame.
#staticproblems

And JD?... As in Mary Jane? lol enlighten me

[THE TRUE FASTGTI]

Haha it's cool. I was considering picking up welding just for this project. So the fact that you can weld is a step ahead of me.
F*ck pro's we got this.
I'll buy a speedtech and we can knock this out. After we're done maybe you will be confident enough and we can do a sleepy for yours.
While we're at it, I'd love to notch my frame. I have Raxles installed and I bought a set of Euroimage motor mount spacers. But I can't install the spacers cuz my axles will hit the frame.
#staticproblems

And JD?... As in Mary Jane? lol enlighten me

Jack daniels = JD

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[MrSavvy]

Jack daniels = JD

DU SCHAUST WIE EIN AUTO, NUR NICHT SO SCHNELL!!!!

Now we're talking! I don't like beer anyway but it seems to be a common currency in compensation. lol

And dammit. The more I look at boser hoods, the more I like the sleepy over the angry. Madness, we should just do both ours as sleepy at the same time.

Reading material:
Boser Extension DIY
DIY: Boser Hood w/pics
DIY - Composite Sleepy Boser

If I went sleepy I can't decide which way to go. Extend fenders or hood on the corners.

-VS-

[DÜB DÖLL]

Haha it's cool. I was considering picking up welding just for this project. So the fact that you can weld is a step ahead of me.
F*ck pro's we got this.
I'll buy a speedtech and we can knock this out. After we're done maybe you will be confident enough and we can do a sleepy for yours.
While we're at it, I'd love to notch my frame. I have Raxles installed and I bought a set of Euroimage motor mount spacers. But I can't install the spacers cuz my axles will hit the frame.
#staticproblems

And JD?... As in Mary Jane? lol enlighten me

I had a Driver/side raxle, no ned for a Passenger side unless putting down crazy power. and I have my frame notched as well. *russain accent* not a problem bro. we can do this too.
and weed? me never. hahaha. not talking about illegal stuff on here. that would get us band. hahaha.

Jack daniels = JD

DU SCHAUST WIE EIN AUTO, NUR NICHT SO SCHNELL!!!!

Now we're talking! I don't like beer anyway but it seems to be a common currency in compensation. lol

And dammit. The more I look at boser hoods, the more I like the sleepy over the angry. Madness, we should just do both ours as sleepy at the same time.

Reading material:
Boser Extension DIY
DIY: Boser Hood w/pics
DIY - Composite Sleepy Boser

If I went sleepy I can't decide which way to go. Extend fenders or hood on the corners.

-VS-

actually if we do our hoods together, and you pay for my hood to get resprayed with yours, consider it a done deal.

and I also thought about this, but I think I would rather extend the hood side ways just so the fenders don't have to be resprayed as well.

[DÜB DÖLL]

ps, just realized I'm on Alexas account.

[Brock_Samson]

Augusta Scoobies are meeting on Tuesdays at 1900 now. Everyone is more than welcome to attend.

Starbucks
228 Robert C. Daniel Jr. Pkwy
Augusta, GA

[InTTruder]

Executive Summary-
The APR Stage 2+ RSC is an incredible drive. I managed to hold off a GT-R in the latter parts of the event (where before he would lap me once in a session). No Porsches were actually harmed, although I won't speak to their self-esteem.

W/O further ado-

Technical:
Installed Carbotech RP-2 (f) and XP-8 (r) brake pads. We did this after discussions with HQ and one of the dealers. The limiting factor was running the car on the OEM tires from Toyo (more about them later). We also had my Audi dealer purge the brake fluid and replace it with Motul RBF-600. Another wise choice.

As most of you know, my car is the R&D mule used by APR to develop the Stage 2+RSC exhaust package. It dynos at their place at 430 HP, and around 464 lbs-ft TQ. At the wheels, that was 390 HP/432 TQ. I did not find a single car on-track that day that could out-pull me. Nuff said. However, this was my first track day since the revolution, so I had to learn to drive a whole new beasTT. The car is capable of making LONG runs in 3rd gear here at Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP), and there were a small set of surprises. From T6 to T9, and then again from T10 to T12, I did overboost on three occasions (total). The combination of LONG pulls, or of quick changes from speed run to full throttle and heavily-loaded condition likely triggered these, and I did it on demand once to prove my point. I am certain the APR guys did their job just damn fine, and I discovered the data gap using my foot on my track on this day. I quickly scanned the car, reset the mode, and went back out. Once I knew this was the case, I (as noted above) purposely incurred the fault, gave everyone a point-by between T13 and T15, held my line and shut off the engine (no locking the steering boys). I already had a go/no go point (pit-in entry), but the fault cleared as planned and off we went.

By the end of the sessions, I was pulling 5th gear runs coming up past T16 and across the S/F line. Braking from that speed required I start between 4 and 3 coming in to the Track In point, and I got comfortable (but not complacent). Did I mention that absolute power corrupts absolutely? Well, it does make me smile a lot!

The course-


T1-T4:
Very technical section. You need to come up from T1 and lean into T2 adjacent to, but not next to, the T/I marker. If you get right to the marker, you are going out too far, and the you wind up going through T2 too shallow. Staying to the left of the pit-out lane lets you go through T2-T3 by waiting for the apex markers to intersect on your approach from T1. Turn in fast. Go straight for a short bit (SHORT!) between T2-T3, then feather the brakes and make a clean entry into T3. T2 and T3 both are OK with a run up onto the rumble strips as they are progressive. Come out of T3 centered up on the roadbed, then turn into the A (apex) marker for T4- The Karousel. Many RWD guys wanted to double apex this (and it was so-marked), but I found I could run the radius right down on the rumble strips. Use the throttler to control the tail, and VOILA!

T5-T12
Out of the Karousel, T5 to T8 was a nice combination. I got it down early- my instructor said I could run it in my sleep. However, the T9-T12 set is tricky. You need to come straight down from T8 to the T/I point for T9, and NOT flow the track out to the right. Doing so unbalanced the car- whereas running straight down allowed for a fast entry into T10 that allowed momentum to just carry you around in an arc and line you up for T11. Brake lightly during a straight entry into T11, then run across the bump at the apex and up the hill towards T12. It was ballet. T12 is blind, and requires some faith in the layout.

T13-T16:
Hit the T/I point and then go out in the middle of the lane until you can see downhill to T13. Apex going down and left, then let the car drift out to the T/O point and get lined up for the sweeper out to T15. Coming down to T14 is also a good place to upshift the car. Carry your speed into the left-side apex, let physics carry you out to the T/I point past T15, upshift again (now in 5th) and pick up the apex and a lineup marker for T16. You are accelerating constantly going up the hill to T16 and bending it (like Beckett) back to the right in a long hard arc. Drift out to the left, bring it back to the right on the front straight and then line it up straight for a braking zone entry right against the rumble strips for T1. At T1 we found I could carry it a bit deeper and faster by not turning into the apex so deeply (maybe 3' off the cone) and use Quattro to begin accelerating before I actually got to the the cone! Out of T1, get right but look for cars coming up on the right from pit out.

Repeat as necessary.

Lessons Learned-
* T2-T4 require connecting: they are not throw-aways. Get it right and it is heaven. Get it wrong and you are working the car WAY too hard. It was my nemesis for about 4 sessions. Once I mastered it, it was a joy.
* T1 and T6 make the most of Quattro IMO. T16 is a close second.
* Going uphill from T15 to T16 foot-down in 5th gear takes nerves. The Toyos (remember my earlier comment) suck at this, especially as the heat cycle up. I had to listen very carefully and feel the seat of my pants even more carefully, but we did it right.
* If you've autocrossed a lot, you might have some bad habits. Mine was, of all things, my hands. I wasn't suffering from happy hands, but I was shifting my hands on a few turns (T1 and T6 for instance). That made my turns look like pie segments instead of smooth arcs. It was one of the first fixes by my instructor, and BOY did that make a HUGE difference.
* EVEN if you have 200+ laps on a course, having an uninvolved partner in the right seat is the best investment you can make.
* DO get good pads, and invest some time talking to the manufacturer. The Carbotech guys nailed it as far as I can tell. I never feared for losing brakes. I did pay attention (again) to how the tires responded to threshold braking. R-Comps, soon!
* Consistent entries make for a happy car!
* There is this pesky MK1 named Snoopy.....

Note to self- I did triple-sessions (hence the miles) Friday. 1st as an A-class (Advanced) student and then leading Audi North Atlanta customers, plus leading Taste of the Track (first-time get your feet wet lead-follow sessions coupled with classroom instructor time). Saturday AM I felt as if I had gone 13 rounds with Mike Tyson. I pushed though it Saturday, and the soreness vanished. But I was VERY tired Sunday.

FUN!

I hope this is helpful or inspiring!

[InTTruder]

Track photos by TR Motorsports

[THE TRUE FASTGTI]

Track photos by TR Motorsports

Nice photos but we do not want to see pictures.... we want the gopro videos............... pretty pics of a beast does it no justice.....lol



Naw man it looks good. You running a cage in there?

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[InTTruder]

Nice photos but we do not want to see pictures.... we want the gopro videos............... pretty pics of a beast does it no justice.....lol



Naw man it looks good. You running a cage in there?

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No cage. Chassis is happy right now, but I am not running Comps or stickies.

[MÄDDNESSS]

No cage yet

fixxed.


very impressive though. i dig it.

[InTTruder]

fixxed.


very impressive though. i dig it.

[THE TRUE FASTGTI]

I say the hell with the army and i am going to be a bum just like ted and make lots of money. Lol


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[InTTruder]

It took 40+ years of hard work to get to being a bum!