V6 2.8, good engine?

[Chris Dyer]

my grandma's '96 a4 fwd has that eng., and it's quite good. Not as smooth as 
a bimmer i-6, but torquey and quick to respond. She has an autobox (non-tip) 
which prolly steals some of the performance away. She now has around 65k on 
the car, and has no problems whatsoever, engine or otherwise.

My buddy's '98 a4 1.8t quattro isn't quite as zippy off the line, prolly due 
to it being tip, quat & smaller eng. He did have an aftermarket chip in it 
for a while (Garrett?) which made it very fast. But he had so many problems 
w/it that he ditched it in favor of the oem, so now it's back to norm.  
Still a fun car.

Are you searching for an audi w/this engine? or for a transplant project?

In the bigger cars (a6/100's etc.) the 2.8 is sluggish, perhaps due those 
cars higher weight. But granny's car is fun, fun, fun!


>From: "Jukka Majanen" <jiipm at sci.fi>
>To: "Audi" <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: V6 2.8, good engine?
>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 08:38:58 +0200
>
>Hi all,
>
>Asked about those V6:es last week, and
>got some good answers, thanks.
>
>But, I´m still looking for some more info,
>so You -who own, or had owned an Audi
>with that V6 12v, (or been involved to it)
>will You please tell me Your good and
>bad experiences?
>
>All feedback is wellcomed
>
>regards
>j-pm
>

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