ok so im at the track, and im racing against my good friends jetta 1.8t. he has a full turboback exhaust, downpipe, and a manual boost controller letting him run 10-11 psi. now i've got alot of mods so i figure ill take him real easy. o/r h pipe, magnaflow catback, u/d pullies, trickflow intake (street), 75mm TB, upper and lower control arms, 3.73 gears. also, smog and ac delete and i carry roughly 40 lbs of audio in the trunk. also, i figure 285/35 tires should get enough grip to give me some kind of launch. so anyway, i launch just a little before him, but almost instantly he pulls even with me and stays even through first, half of second and by then i pull. midway through third i've got about 2 cars on him. all of first im spinning, and im trying to feather the clutch to let the tires grab so im not giving full power. now, i can think of only 2-3 reasons why hes keeping up. one, my egr tube snapped at the header connection, so it is leaking quiet a bit. two, my tires are past the wear bar, and three i cant slam into third too fast because my syncros are going. could these reasons be why im not pulling on him more? or is his car just that fast?