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

[steadi@comcast.net]

Really?

265hp that's it stock.

you are not taking into account the Torque curve and gearing.

The S4 makes it's max torque at 1800 rpm and then holds that number  
to 5200rpm where it starts to fall off slowly.  The RS4 makes it's  
peak torque at 3800rpm and doesn't equal the Stock S4's torque until  
3000 rpm. That is a HUGE difference.

Stock S4's have 265hp max.

On Sep 1, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Henry Nisiewicz wrote:

> Hardly.
> Besides the B5 RS4 had 380 hp.
>
> Looking at the 2000-1 Audi comparisons:
>
> 1999 B5 A4 sedan 2.8l V-6 Quattro, 190hp, 5-spd manual, 3220#, 0-60  
> = 7.1
> sec, QM = 15.5s @ 90.5mph.  Source: Road & Track Feb, 1999.
> 2000 B5 S4 sedab 2.7l bt V-6, "250" hp, 6-spd manual, 3585#, 0-60 =  
> 5.5
> sec, QM = 14.1s @ 98.3 mph.  Source: Road and Track Oct 1999.  This  
> with
> 'only' 60 hp more.
> 2000 B5 RS4 avant, 2.7l bt V-6, 380hp, 6-spd manual, 3435#, 0-60 =  
> 4.9 sec.
> QM = n/a.  Source S-Cars.org Audi RS-4 Avant technical  
> specifications.  130
> hp more and such small improvement in acceleration?
>
> I recognize the performance/hp curves will not be linear.
>
> You can talk about dyno reading, torque curves etc. all you want,  
> and they
> certainly have their validity.  But explain the above.


Let me guess, your S4 is stock....



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