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

[Taka Mizutani]

If it has decent throttle response, that sounds like the ticket.

What is the boost threshold of the car you drove? What exactly was done?
Just bolt-ons?!?

Taka


On 4/18/07, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 'Cause I HAVE an S car.  The fun of the 1.8t is that it is 500ish lbs
> lighter, has a "real" suspension, and is quite agile.
>
> A 440 whp UrS could be bested by a 360ish whp A4.  I really enjoy a 12
> second daily driver... and that should be easy to achieve in the A4 1.8tplatform.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james.pasqualoni at gs.com
> To: t44tqtro at gmail.com
> Cc: djdawson2 at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 8:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] "The Aluminum Crowd" / Current UrS prices
>
>  Then why not just get an S car if that's the plan???
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:13 AM
> *To:* Pasqualoni, James E
> *Cc:* djdawson2 at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] "The Aluminum Crowd" / Current UrS prices
>
>  I thought we were talking about 440+ whp UrS type ridiculous power!
> You'll need the increased displacement to do that.
>
> I know Rod's car was 2.0L and hitting 11s at Englishtown. Maybe below
> that.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On 4/18/07, Pasqualoni, James E <james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Not even.  I've ridden in a Dahlback 360 hp 1.8t conversion car.  No
> > internals need be modified.  Nutty, violent fast.  Not unlike an RS2's URS
> > above 3k rpm.  This hits faster!
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:58 AM
> > *To:* djdawson2 at aol.com
> > *Cc:* Pasqualoni, James E; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > *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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