kwh29:There are also a few email lists and sources other than vwvortex, which I feel has too high of a signal/noise ratio to be very worthwhile. Read the archives of the yahoo group vwutox and particularly focus on the posts of Kevin Wenzel and Ian Mannix. The vwautox list is more focused on FSP A1's over later cars or ST but the information applies just as well to the A2. It would be pretty difficult to make a 16v A2 GTI nationally competitive in DSP (understatement of the year?) but DSP is a good fit regionally unless one of the national hotshoes lives nearby.
--Kevin H.
I raced an 87 16V Scirocco in SFR STS for two years and collected a couple trophies. I agree with the above poster regarding the signal/noise on vwvortex but there is a ton of information on that site if you use the search function and learn to weed out the smart/experienced people from the clowns (not too tough); the yahoo vwautox group is also a very valuable resource.
The A2 VW chassis is a great platform, there's just no where for it to really play fairly in SCCA (regional STS would be a decent playground). I think a 16V Scirocco (A1 chassis and the only factory A1 16V) could do well nationally in STS but I personally would have had to make a couple changes to my car to run nationally and at the time I wasn't willing to go there, so I sold it. At the time I sold it, it weighed about 2140 without me and probably made 120-130hp with quite a bit of torque above 4k. That little VW 1.8l PL is a great motor, especially if you put a good header on it and get it tuned properly...
Have fun trying to keep that inside rear wheel on the ground!! :)
Jeff Bogaard
SFRSCCA 2003 Slush Series – 1st place STS Novice - 16V Scirocco
SFRSCCA 2004 Championship Series – 3rd place STS - 16V Scirocco
2006 PCA Parade AutoX - 2nd place, S01 - 93 Porsche 968
2006 PNWR PCA, Class S2 - Porsche 968: hmm..