[s-cars] RE: RS2 turbocharger

[Russ Panneton]

On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 19:13:14 EDT, you wrote:

>Jesus guys, the rs2's dont lack torque, they just dont have it where you want
>it. My car reall go's at 3600rpm and I can guarantee it is bumping 400 lb ft,
>just doing it around 4000rpm. Torque on the bottom makes a great daily
>driver, not a fast car! Adjust your thinking.. If you want torque at 1900rpm
>you wont have power at 6000rpm. If you want a 170mph car, it wont do
>burnouts. Cant have both quick and fast, you guys want a 150 shot of nitrous,
>just buy a case of valves when you get the giggle gas, this is the only way
>to get low and high.
>Rod

Or lots more displacement and (relatively) small turbos.  The new RS6 4.2L V8
develops max torque at 1950 RPM.  I'll add this small observation: my RS2
turbo spools up faster (and lower boost threshold) with 0w40 Mobil 1 vs 15w50
Mobil 1.  I'm just uncomfortable running a 0w anything during the summer.  I
wonder how slippery Redline's 10w40 is?

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Russ Panneton                          russ at s-cars.org
Nederland, CO              "Too bad ignorance isn't painful"