[Biturbos4] Turbos Reliability & Replacement Cost (was: 2000 S4

[Andy Turner]

Not too late, 20 past midnight as I write this. Just off to bed now as
it happens. Funnily enough, about 3 weeks ago I dreamt someone had
crashed into my RS4 and driven off. When I woke up and realised it had
only been a dream I was really chuffed.. until I remembered I don't
even have an RS4... just the S4.. hehehe


andyt



On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:02:25 -0700 (PDT), j y <jimnetpa at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Andy,
> 
>Isn't it a little late for you over there in the UK? I expect you to be in bed at this hour. Late night guy - huh? I believe that you are 5 hrs ahead of the East Coast of N.America (where I am located).
> 
>
>
>Andy Turner <andy at palomar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:27:05 -0700 (PDT), ti at amb.org (Ti Kan) wrote:
>
>>j y writes:
>>> With the E46-M3 @ 330+ HP, Infiniti G35s @ around 300 HP, Pontiac GTO
>>> @ 350+ HP, B6-S4 @ 340 HP, etc. A 250 HP performance sedan is kinda
>>> of a joke. Your basis Acura/Honda sedan produces those nbrs.
>>
>>Yeah, but horsepower numbers only tell one facet of the story.
>>Our B5 biturbo S4 have a super flat torque curve and reaches
>>its torque peak at 1850rpm. The "area under the curve" is prodigeous
>>and is what gives the car such a nice kick. 
>
>Yup, I've always thought that average power and torque over the rev
>range was a far better indicator of a car's performance than its peak
>output. It's a shame we can't get those figures.
>
>
>andyt
>
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