2004 Audi A4 1.8T CABRIO
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TWFAUST at aol.com
Tue Apr 5 10:49:32 PDT 2011
In a message dated 4/5/2011 1:40:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Danton J.A. Cardoso
<djacardoso at gmail.com>wrote:
> Small block Ford V8?!?!?! How agricultural... why not a turbocharged
stock
> engine?
>
While "turbo lag" and "spool up" time have been reduced, there still isn't
a lot of power "down low". By some increment, every additional system
(turbo, supercharger, power steering) reduces reliability by increasing
complexity. But, the simple fact is "Americans drive torque, not horsepower".
Tom Faust
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