Audi's Future

[Larry C Leung]

Huw,

As I recall, UrQ's in Europe made closer to 200 HP vs the US 160ish. US
emissions
and all. I wonder if Phil Payne could help us out here? And yes, FWIK,
the type 43
turbos weren't as sophisticated as the UrQ in engine management. 

LL - NY


On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:07:57 -0500 Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
writes:
> 
> 
> > It also bore most of the cost of development of
> > the Turbo I-5, as I believe (you can check the archives or
> > the Audiworld history archives) that the type 43 turbo came 
> > after the original 1980 UrQ.
> 
> I don't think the type 43 turbo was even as sophisticated as the UrQ 
> 
> version.  Mine ('83 5kt) had the *same* CIS system as my '82 coupe, 
> and 
> as far as I remember the specs, only made 130 hp (correct me, Ti?), 
> as 
> opposed to the UrQ's 160? 200?  Hmm, according to audiworld, the 
> ultimte 
> resource for 80's Audis, I'm right about the 5kt 130 hp figure, but 
> all 
> the UrQ's were 156 hp.
> 
> -- 
> Huw Powell
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