[Biturbos4] Replacement turbos - buyin A6 2.7T with blown turbos

[robert weinberg]

true, but i thought turbos are getting so advanced
(ball bearings and the like) that the importance of TT
is not what it used to be.

turbos keep spooling faster and faster these days.

Robby

--- David Bray <brayd at rogers.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm not even a "benchracer", but I think the
> whole point of having
> twin-turbos was to lessen the lag that typifies
> traditional turbo
> applications.  A single larger turbo would have to
> overcome more inertia and
> therefore, have a longer spool-up time (before this
> car, I had a chipped
> 1993 urS4 which had a single turbo).
> 
> Design/engineering, as always, is a finely balanced
> game of trade-offs.
> 
> HTH,
> David
> 2001 S4, 6 spd SS ("Still Stock")
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com
> > [mailto:biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of robert weinberg
> > Sent: February 3, 2004 5:28 PM
> > To: Biturbos4 at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Replacement turbos -
> buyin A6 2.7T with blown
> > turbos
> >
> >
> > of course i'm just talking out my ass here (i'm a
> > total benchracer), but what about a single turbo
> > conversion?
> >
> > does the engine really need two turbos? what about
> a
> > really efficient single turbo and i'm not talking
> > single turbo supra size.
> >
> > Robby
> > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
> 
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