Rt. 17 Strikes Again (What a Drive!)

[Ti Kan]

Alexander van Gerbig writes:
>     The 90q20v can play with a 1.8t easily; I thought the 1.8t would be
> pulling away on every straight, but not true, neck and neck the whole way
> up.

Well the two cars are in the same ballpark power-wise, 150hp on the 1.8T
v. 164hp on the 90q20V (the 2001+ 1.8T has 170hp).  He has a quite a bit
of torque advantage down in the lower RPM range, you have the lighter
car, but that matters more during launch.  At speed, I'd expect the two cars
to be on-par, particularly if his is not chipped, or have suspension/tire
mods.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
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