[BiturboS4] US vs Euro spec

[Noah Ward]

SAE     Society of Automotive Engineers

DIN     Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (German Institute for
Standardization; similar to US ANSI)

Call me Johnny on the spot!

on 5/21/02 1:38 PM, David at goodson at menta.net wrote:

> Thanks for the answer, Dave.
> I was saying imported because I had to import it myself, since I wanted a
> recent second-hand and here in Spain it was imposible to find. Instead, we
> have a bunch of companies (a lot of them not very honnest) wich will find,
> import and make the paperwork for you for any kind of second-hand german car
> you want. The only problem is you have to trust them, and usually they don't
> deserve your trust (for example I haven't been able to get the maintenance
> book of the car they were supposed to send me after two months of daily
> phone calls). Don't even think about sueing them, this is Spain, you'll get
> tired before they do.
> By the way, could you explain the difference beetwen SAE hp and DIN hp
> please, that's the first time I hear about that.
> Cheers.
> David.
>
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: biturbos4-admin at audifans.com [mailto:biturbos4-admin at audifans.com]En
> nombre de Edwards, Dave
> Enviado el: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:42 PM
> Para: 'biturbos4 at audifans.com'
> Asunto: RE: [BiturboS4] US vs Euro spec
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> There's at least Robin (Germany), Andy and I (UK) reading this list.
> Check out www.audi-sport.net which is frequented by many UK owners, plus a
> few from across Europe, SA and Australia.
>
> Oh, and as I've mentioned before, the US hp is SAE whereas the Euro bhp is
> DIN such that the Euro S4 is about 261 hp. The main difference between the
> US and Euro cars is in the peak torque.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> P.S. Weren't all the S4's made in Ingolstadt so all of them outside Germany
> were imported from Germany?
>
> ***
> From: "David" <goodson at menta.net>
> To: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: [BiturboS4] US vs Euro spec
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:24:18 +0200
>
> The european S4 has 265 hp (against 250 hp for the US version, due to
> environment protection considerations I think) and has a top speed limited
> to 250 km/h (most of the german constructors have an agreement to limit
> their cars to that speed - except Porsche of course). The removal of the
> limiter, wich is a basic mod offered by many tunners like ABT, allows a top
> speed of 272 km/h (169 miles per hour). that's with the original eeprom. By
> the way, am I the only European owner in the list? I feel lonely!
>
> David (a French guy living in Spain, car imported from Germany). 1999 S4
> Avant.
> ***
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