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

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Having both built and driven (street/track) a bunch of quattros over  the 
years, my favorite of the modern cars is the A4 v6 5v with supercharger,  
followed closely with the k04 equipped (MTM or Dahlbach) 1.8t2/0 setups.
 
The guy with the SC put coil overs in the A4, and I thought it really took  
away from the forgiving nature of the chassis.  After 6 month or so, he  came 
back and put in the one I preferred, which was the neuspeed setup (springs  and 
bilstein sports - set at the highest perch), then went after all the heim  
jointed supension bits and upper/lower F and rear stressbars and upgraded  
swaybars.  Without question the best handing quattro (with wheel travel)  I've ever 
driven.  The SC is linear, and really allows effortless  speed.  It doesn't 
feel fast, but at Blackhawk farms qclub event, it could  put unreal speeds thru 
turns.
 
Second was a couple 1.8t and 2.0 A4's  I did with MTM and Dahlbach  300+ k04 
upgrades.  The hit at 2k as Dave notes, is just unreal, more so in  the 2.0 
car.  
 
In the older cars, urq's are tie for my favorite, for their  944-like 
forgiving nature.  They aren't effortless to drive really fast,  but the upper limit 
is higher than most believe is  possible (ahem). 
 
The type 44 5ktq race car I service, takes them all at the track for the  
ease of drive.  Rorhl, Stuck, and direct to me at Brainerd 03 - Pobst, all  are 
on record that these big sedans just make driving fast really easy.   Weight 
(miss piggy - tm SJ) is the biggest issue to making this happen, and the  5ktq 
is corner balanced and stripped to the max at 2700lbs wet.  At 12psi  10vt, 
Pobst hot laps with my butt in the right seat managed to take Steve  Beddors 
white SQ everywhere but on the straights.  Pobst and I laughing our  butts off at 
the thought of it.
 
As I have the SC A4 back for service, driving it reminds me that proper  
tuning of the chassis makes for a great street car that more than holds it's own  
at the track.  To equal a upgraded 1.8/2.0 driveline it really needs an  
intercooler.  And the SC chassis reminded me of exactly how crazy-man pizzo  set up 
that evo monster of his.  Really high confidence in turns is as  addicting as 
torque IMO.
 
My .02
 
Scott Justusson
 
In a message dated 4/19/2007 5:49:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
t44tqtro at gmail.com writes:

No, I  meant what was the setup of the 360hp A4?

I know what the stock A4 is  like, having owned a '99.5 1.8T. With H&R
coilovers and a good set of  17" wheels/tires,
it was pretty nice.... ITR, Evo, STI and E36/46/90 BMWs  all drive better.

Taka

On 4/18/07, djdawson2 at aol.com  <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Which car I drove?  The  A4 (one I own) is stock save the chip, suspension,
> and  wheels/tires.  And, having owned an E30 M3... and currently still own  
2
> UrQ's, I will still argue that the 1.8 A4 is a pretty nimble little  car.
>
> So... the boost threshold of the A4 is very low... 2k  rpm-ish.  My UrS
> (the 440whp thing), the hard hit comes in around  3500rpm.


 



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