quattro digest, Vol 1 #3793 - RE: Twin turbos....Mental institution... Sign us all up

[james accordino]

Yes, and the 4.3 V6 is a 350 SBC with the back 2
cylinders sawed off. And the 350 Cheby mill is a
formidible piece of iron.  Even now.

Jim Accordino
MAC-who's got a quat. with an LT-1?

--- Jeremy Willcuts
<tech at professionalcomputersource.com> wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken the AWD Astrovans were only
> available with the MUCH more
> powerful 4.3 liter V6. I've driven several of them
> and they are FAR from
> slow as minivans go.... basically the same
> powertrain and the
> Syclone/Typhoon twins but without the single turbo.
> I always wanted to drop
> a 400+hp 350 smallblock into one... talk about a
> sleeper!! the tranny and
> dif's are capable of handling the power quite
> easily.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Larry C Leung
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 9:48 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com; t44tq at mindspring.com;
> brett at cloud9.net;
> JShadzi at aol.com; gary.m.lewis2 at boeing.com;
> mdg3369 at newtsplace.com
> Subject: Re: quattro digest, Vol 1 #3793 - RE: Twin
> turbos....Mental
> institution... Sign us all up
>
>
> Agreed,
>
> Learning to drive well with a slow car can allow you
> to chase down
> many a faster care with something such as a Chebby
> Astro AWD
> mini-van. With a 2.8 V-6! Cornering, carrying
> momentum and
> proper trail braking will allow for significantly
> better lap times. In
> fact, many of the "weaker" cars in terms of HP are
> faster on course
> than more powerful cars on a typical weekend
> autocross b/c the
> drivers learned how to handle their car rather than
> using their HP.
> Let's face it, when my GTi was alive, I often took
> or nearly took Stock
> FTD
> (unless Bill showed with his C4 Vette) over what
> should be faster
> more powerful cars, all due to handling. 100 BHP
> wasn't much then and
> it sure isn't much now so it was all done in the
> corners. On a road
> course, where there is more time on straights, it'd
> be a different
> story, but in practice, that's even hard to do
> around here (suburban
> NYC).
> Either there isn't the room or you're too likely to
> get caught.
>
> LL - NY '89 200Q (slower in corners, MUCH faster on
> straights)
>
>
>
>
> > From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> > To: "'Brett Dikeman'" <brett at cloud9.net>,
> <JShadzi at aol.com>,
> >         "'\"Michael Gough\"'"
> <mdg3369 at newtsplace.com>,
> >         "'\"Lewis, Gary M\"'"
> <gary.m.lewis2 at boeing.com>,
> >         <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Subject: RE: Twin turbos....Mental institution...
> Sign us all
> > up...
> > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:45:03 -0400
> >
> > Javad is giving very good advice- you learn to
> carry speed through
> > the
> > corners
> > much better when you start with a slow car.
> >
> > Power makes up for a lot of poor driving when
> you're looking at the
> > clock.
> >
> > Brett, sounds like you've described Mark
> Rosenkrantz's ride.
> >
> > Even with a very good driver, I don't think any
> Audi street car is
> > going
> > to keep
> > up w/ a Z06 at the track.
> >
> > Taka
>


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