5-cyl, 20V vs 6-cyl in an Audi 90.

[Roa, Greg]

Have to agree wit Ti here.  My fwd 93' 90 with a 12v motor (5-spd), is surprisingly quick.  It's not a drag strip car, but it can hold it's own pretty well.
It's especially fun over 4300ish rpm, when the second intake opens up.  Kind of like a tiny turbo kicks in.  I really have no problems with the engine's performance.  I'd love to have one in my 4kq, in fact.

Good Luck!
Greg Roa
Cincinnati, OH
86' 4kcsq
93' 90 CS
83' 944

>From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
>Subject: Re: 5-cyl, 20V vs 6-cyl in an Audi 90.
>To: edwbirch at comcast.net (Ed Birch)
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:31:21 -0800 (PST)
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>
>Ed Birch writes:
>>
>> > From: Tom Christiansen <tomchr at ee.washington.edu>
>> > Subject: 5-cyl, 20V vs 6-cyl in an Audi 90
>>
>> > Which one would recommend the one with the 5-cyl, 20V DOHC engine
>> (1990-92)
>> > or the one with the 6-cyl engine (1993-?)?
>>
>> Tom, if you want performance, then you do not want a V-6, 12v motor.
>>
>> Ed Birch, Pennsylvania.
>> 93-100S.
>
>Ed,
>
>That's too broad a statement to make.  I can see where you're soming from,
>having the V6 12V in the heavier and larger 100 and probably mated to
>an auto transmission -- recipe for slow.
>
>In the smaller Audi 90 series, and with a manual transmission, the
>V6 12V is not too bad.  Not any worse than the torque-less
>N/A 20V I5 anyway...
>
>-Ti
>2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
>2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
>1984 5000S turbo
>1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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