2005 rs4

[Single Malt]

--- Dave Eaton <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> the 2005 rs4 has been announced.
> 
> v8 red-line at 8250, 420bhp.  torque 430nm, 90%
> availbale between 2,200 and
> 7.600 rpm.  torsen "c" diff.
<snipped>

Let see - naturally aspirated 420bhp (can we assume
sea-level?) minus 3% per 1000 feet altitude ... at
7000 ft. (around Denver) you'd get a 21% drop in bhp
... yielding ~332bhp.  I can invest something like 10k
to get *turbo-charged* ~400bhp ... altitude penalty? 
*much* less than 21%!

Now if I can just get my headlights to look around
corners and reprogram the ABS to provide that "dry
braking" charateristic that I think I'd like!

And what is a "torsen c diff" ... anything like:
http://www.torsen.com/products/T-3.htm

Not that I wouldn't take one if offered to me.

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Single Malt
'01.5 S4
Garaged at 9200ft
just outside Denver, CO


		
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