[BiturboS4] (Porsche Cars Assembled In Audi Factories)

[j y]

yes..but not ALL 944 were built or assembled in Audi
factories. You have to check your car's VIN to see if
your car was assembled in an Audi or Porsche factory.

Having trolled RENNLIST (the Porsche Posting Board)
for years - I am familiar with the history. Also, the
951 (street name: 944 turbo) is a very DIFFERENT car
(body, suspension, and engine wise)than a standard
924/944.

Many of the 951 parts were manufactured by Porsche and
assembled at Audi factories, but u can only tell via
the VIN.

Interestingly, many VW parts can be substituted in
911s and 944/951s, I have not heard the same thing
about Audi parts.

Many 951 owners are known to troll VW parts counters.
They can purchase a VW part for less than half the
cost of an identical Porsche part.

jy

--- Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> By the way, in case you don't already know...  the
> Porsche 924/944
> cars were manufactured by Audi.  I think in fact
> Audi played a major
> role in their design, hence the heavy use of parts
> from the VAG
> parts bin.
>
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
> --
>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch
> Technik
>    ///   AMB Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
>   ///    ti at amb.org
>  //////  http://www.amb.org/ti/
> ///
>
> j y writes:
> > thanks - i always enjoy reading your posts.
> >
> > jy
> >
> > --- Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> > > j y writes:
> > > > You have to stay on top of maintnenance with
> > > Porsches.
> > >
> > > Ditto with Audis.  None of these cars are
> > > drive-and-forget-it
> > > transportation appliances.
> > >
> > > > I also noticed that my turbo and intercooler
> are
> > > much
> > > > bigger on my 86 Porsche than the units in my
> Y2K
> > > S4.
> > >
> > > Yes, that is because your Porsche was built in
> the
> > > '80s when
> > > the manufacturers' philosophy of turbocharging
> was a
> > > bit different.
> > > '80s Audi turbo cars came with much bigger
> turbos
> > > too (K24 and K26).
> > > Nowadays smaller, fast spooling turbos are used
> to
> > > reduce lag and
> > > build boost at low RPMS.  Also, while the S4
> > > biturbo's intercoolers
> > > are small, there are two of them.  If you want
> > > larger intercoolers
> > > for your S4, swap in the RS4 units.
> > >
> > > > Hmmm..turbos & intercoolers..another casualty
> of
> > > > corporate downsizing.
> > >
> > > "Corporate downsizing" implies cost cutting,
> which
> > > has nothing
> > > to do with the reason why Audi uses the small
> K03s
> > > in the recent
> > > models.
>
>


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