SCCA Colorado National Tour blog
Figured I'd just start a new thread instead of adding on to the previous SCCA thread.
Man, what a drive! The car did great, and I was getting 32 mpg once I filled up with real gas in Wichita Falls and again in Amarillo. That's a 4 mpg bump. The RS3's actually didn't have too much road noise, though they do tramline on some of the NM roads.
Surprisingly, the long-tube header/midpipe with the Race Single exhaust was very tolerable at highway cruising speeds. Its pretty noisy at WOT, but was really not even noticeable at 75 with the cruise on. I was able to listen to talk radio satellite stations at a comfortable volume. Definitely could not do that with my previous exhaust and the race muffler. The long tube seems to have a lower tone.
I knew I'd be way down on power, but it is still startling when you feel it from a dead stop. Put in the oxygenated good stuff once I got here and ran it nearly dry then reset the ecu. Hopefully it will adjust enough to pull some fuel and run a little stronger.
The site is incredibly grippy. Oddly shaped and slopes pretty dramatically, but not too shabby. Kevin Youngers is the course designer, and he seems to like slaloms and "unmarked" corners (where there are few/no markers to indicate a line between the gates that make the beginning and end of a turn element.) VERY different than JJ courses. He also loves lay-down cones. There must be 50 or more on the course. Should be fast and painful in spots. Well, as fast as my car will go with 90 hp. Its like driving the yaris again!
