[s-cars] A4 turbo mod questions

Wed Apr 7 14:58:12 PDT 2010

Steve,
My first car was a 1987 Bertone (FIAT) X1/9.  And I *almost* purchased a 124
sport (the sedan, right.. or was it a 128 sport coupe... the sedan, not the
ragtop) that an old guy wanted me to have (cheap), because I'd take care of
it.  I was in high school and the car was starting to rust... not something
I could afford to fix so I declined it.  To this day, when I see a picture
of one... I keep saying... oh... that would be such a fun car....

Anyhow, if the kid is responsible.. go for it.  No matter WHAT he drives,
he'll overdrive it sometimes.  The trick is to keep him reeled in enough.  A
little power he might actually respect.  Personally, in high school I drove
that X1/9 like I stole it... ALL of the time... you had to since the105 HP
was all at the top end.  No matter what you do, take him to a few teen
driving clinics or winter driving schools.  THE best (and cheap!) investment
you can make for him.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

>  I have a somewhat different perspective in that my first car was  Triumph
> GT6+ that I fixed and raced.  I did get rid of it, however, after my mother
> and brother were almost killed in a broadside crash in a rather large
> Mercury Montclair.  It just seemed it would make Mom more comfortable with
> me out of my ‘little’ car.  Got a Fiat 124 Sport Coupe and started to modify
> it right away.  OF course, even with cams and dual dual-40mm Webers, it did
> not put out the horsepower we are used to now.  But I’d rather have Nick in
> a car that involves him, not one that just gets him from one point to
> another.  He should  learn avoidance better…even if he is freakin’
> destroying my cars in the process!
>
>
>
> It seems too logical to go with this particular car; ’03 A4q, 40k, modified
> turbo, exhaust and intake, Stasis street suspension…but 19” wheels and no
> brake upgrades, geez.
>
>
>
> …versus a bone stock, perfect ’04 A4q with 74k for about the same price…and
> no timing belt service yet…gads, first thing to do if I got that one!
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Mark Rosenkrantz [mailto:speedracer.mark at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:38 PM
> *To:* Peter Schulz
> *Cc:* Steve Marinello; quattro at audifans.com; S-CAR list
>
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] A4 turbo mod questions
>
>
>
> Hey Peter!
>
>
>
> How's the family?  Fuel economy is not directly related to injector size as
> the computer will only allow enough fuel to match the air.  With higher
> boost and higher load, you need more fuel... and that's where the negative
> economy will come from.  So if he can limit RPMs and/or boost in the
> software, that will help tremendously.
>
>
>
> Big injectors don't make power (volume of air does), but without enough
> fueling, you can destroy an engine (quickly).
>
>
>
> We'll see.  I have 2 schools of thought on what Tyler's first car will be
> in high school.  It really depends on how he progresses in driving and his
> behavior as I plan on having him in Microds around age 5 or 6.  Who knows?
> Either a junker or maybe my Z06 will be his first car.  ;-)
>
>
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Steve:
>
> Disconnect/Disable the WGFV which will only allow boost based on the waste
> gate spring pressure.
>
> But like others have said, only matter of time until he or someone figures
> that out and reconnects it.
>
>
> WIth injectors that big, mileage will be horrendous.
>
> -Peter
>
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Steve Marinello wrote:
>
> > I know this isn't S-car related, but I am considering an '03 A4 1.8t that
> > has a big turbo mod and Revo switcheable software.  The components
> include:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.    ATP GTRS turbo hardware
> > 2. ATP Manifold 1.8T Longitudinal HighFlow
> > 3. Revo Big Turbo software
> > 4. EuroCode Tuning EPipe TestPipe
> > 5. Bosch 52lb - High Impedance 550cc injectors
> > 6. 4 Bosch 3 Electrode Spark Plugs
> >
> >
> >
> > The car also has a Neuspeed cat back exhaust and Carbonio intake.  That
> > being said, any idea of how something like this would run on the stock
> > programming?  It has Revo's switchable capability and I'm wondering what
> the
> > stock tune would be like in terms of lag, performance and
> mileage.thinking
> > of putting the kid in it with stock programming.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
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