[s-cars] "The Aluminum Crowd" / Current UrS prices

[Taka Mizutani]

VW 2L bubble block- that's the only way to do it w/ decent rod ratios.

You can have the block out of the Beetle- $7000, comes with a free car. :-)

Taka


On 4/18/07, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Already considering that... but the same ole problem remains.  Stroking
> the 1.8 results in the same bad rod ratio as a stroked 2.2... unless you
> can find a "tall" block using the 159mm rods.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: t44tqtro at gmail.com
> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: james.pasqualoni at gs.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] "The Aluminum Crowd" / Current UrS prices
>
> Punch the motor out to 2.0 or 2.1L, install larger turbo, injectors, FMIC,
> etc. Rod Haney was doing fine with
> his, saw his car at Waterfest a couple times.
>
> Taka
>
> On 4/17/07, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yep... cheap thrills.  I bought mine from a fellow CO Audi geek... a
> > well maintained sport equipped A4 1.8tq.  I threw on a Koni coilover kit
> > and some 18x8's.  It already was chipped.  It isn't boring in the power
> > department, but after numerous years with the pumped up UrS as the daily
> > driver, it leaves you wanting more.
> >
>
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