80tq: 20v Project Update, 415whp, 12.25, etc
JShadzi at aol.com
JShadzi at aol.com
Wed Nov 10 11:39:28 EST 2004
Marc, it was a pleasure..and for the record, you were giggling like a "school girl" ;)
Javad
>> http://www.80tq.com/20vtMotor.html
>
>I had the opportunity to see Javad's 80tq in action on a recent trip to
>CA. FAST doesn't really begin to describe it.
>
>As if being pinned to the seat and giggling like a school girl at WOT
>wasn't confirmation enough that the car has serious power, the car
>accelerates so fast that the stock 80q tach can't keep up! IIRC Javad
>has the redline set close to 8k and when the car RIPS to that level the
>stock needle has only managed to reach ~6500.
>
>And the sound.... from 5k onward the car sounds like it wants to rev to
>around 15k rpm before it is rudely stopped by the rev limiter. On
>shifts the Tial dump valve makes a sound similar to dumping cold water
>on a hot stove.. qwwwwwwshhhhhhh!
>
>I owe Javad a big THANKS not only for showing me around the CA bay area
>but setting the expectations unreasonably high for my own 20vt
>conversion project ;)
>
>--
>-Marc Swanson-
>95.5 //S6 Avant
>87 4ktq
>www.mswanson.com/audi
>
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