[s-cars] Newbie intro

[Eric S]

--- CLAG500 at aol.com wrote:
>Welcome Eric,

Thanks

>  You have some serious S-nuts in Colorado. The inline 5 is pretty stout. =
My
>friend's here in Ohio just turned 200k. He recently put a chip in that all=
ows
>24lbs of boost. No problems. See if you can get specifics on the mods. Some

Mods are as follows:  Bilsteins with H&R springs, Scorpion 3" exhaust with =
dual DTM tips, TAP chip removed and RS2 chip inserted instead, HKS Boost co=
ntroller (was set to 15psi when I test drove it...didn't play with the boos=
t).

Unknowns:  Turbo may not be stock, there is an ExtrudeHone sticker in the e=
ngine bay, possible intake/head work from Extrude is inferred from this.  O=
wner says, turning the boost up much past 15psi results in bucking (I assum=
e the RS2 chip is going into over boost and retarding ignition and backing =
off fuel).

All I know is, at 15psi, the fucker hauls serious ass, can't imagine 24psi.=
.=2E

>are better than others. MTM (Hoppen) and Intended Acceleration are the bes=
t=2E
>TAP has a bit of a bad reputation. Don't pay too much. As great as these c=
ars
>are they are usually cheap to buy. 145k miles ones can be had for under 10=
k=2E
>More if it's really really nice. If you get it you'll enjoy it. This is al=
so
>a great list. They can cost some dough if you like to tinker though. Lots =
of
>cool stuff available.

I should be able to pick it up for around 10k or so...beauty of it is, owne=
r just wants out of the loan and is willing to give me a nice "trade allowa=
nce" on my 83 Wolfsburg Scirocco.....it has a few minor dings and paint chi=
ps...but has been given a major thumb up mechanically (besides "Da Bomb") b=
y a good friend of mine who has been doing all the work to it for the past =
few years.

Looking in the ads here in Colorado...there aren't ANY S4s for under 10k...=
.remember, AWD carrys a premium around here...and Turbo...well another adde=
d bonus...high altitude is a killer on a NA car...where as a Turbo can make=
 up alot of the altitude loss.


Eric