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

[MLP]

Scott - having survived the OLOA (had several very near misses with the
Jaegermeister bus) and engaged in cleaning old emails and posts of the
computer this AM, I come across your post below, and it triggers what few
brain cells the Jaeger's apparently missed.  

FWIW, "We" (my OneLap co-driver & I) are thinking of maybe, perhaps,
possibly doing the Targa Newfoundland, and looking for something car wise to
take and use in there for the Sept, 2008 race.  Let me know if you hear of
any likely candidates.  Some of the Criteria I'm at least thinking of:
	-	Does NOT have to be wicked powerful; 
	-	Does NEED to be wicked reliable;
	-	Would like "semi-disposable" i.e., doesn't cost an arm or a
leg to walk away from; 
	-	will need to come with, or have a cage etc. and appropriate
seats in, or put in it.

And I'm certain there's a lot of other stuff I haven't even thought of yet.
:-)

Cheers, Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list On Behalf Of QSHIPQ at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:24 AM
> To: t44tqtro at gmail.com; Djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] "The Aluminum Crowd" / Current UrS prices
>  
> 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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