Some RS6 impressions

[David Head]

Guy that redid my exhaust on the V8 the other day had a beater Dodge 
Colt with an automatic - the early/mid 70s foreign (Mitsu) yuck model 
with slicks (!) on the back, a roll cage and only a driver's seat. He 
had to move it out of the bay - when he started it up it sounded quiet, 
but ran rough and nasty. I mentioned it and he said that was due to the 
Schnieder roller cam. That piqued my interest. He popped the hood. 
Nestled inside was a probuilt Chevy 4.3 with a Holley 850 double pumper.

What made it really go though was the Typhoon exhaust manifolds, 4 plus 
inch intake piping , Izusu diesel intercooler and the biggest frickken 
Turbonetics turbo I've ever seen. You could just about It does 10.3 
quarters all day long... He had a nice track pic of it on his wall 
launching with the front end over a foot in the air...

TM wrote:

>The RS6 has a slushbox- no matter how nice the engine and the chassis
>may be, the freewheeling aspect of the slushbox and the lack of
>interaction
>kills it for me, that's not having driven the car, though.
>
>I'll take a manual every time. If Audi keeps going the way they are and
>no DSG gearboxes for the S-cars, I'll be looking at Evos and STis.
>
>Taka
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