[s-cars] Saw my first A5

[Theodore Chen]

supercharger isn't necessarily all bad.  look at the power output mercedes got with superchargers.  and the most powerful production corvette ever is showing up with a supercharged engine, too.  it's rated at 14/20 mpg, which isn't great but is comparable to the S5, and far better than other supercar offerings from ferrari, porsche, etc.

question is, will audi be taking steps to make sure the supercharger pulley can't be swapped for a smaller one?

----- Original Message ----
From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
To: "djdawson2 at aol.com" <djdawson2 at aol.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 12:10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5

As Taka pointed out, the plumbing is easier, and the apparent intent is that
it'll nestle between the cylinder banks.  That being said, I'd prefer a
turbo myself, more fuel efficient and more tunable, although I'm willing to
bet that's part of the reason Audi wouldn't want to go that route.

FWIW, the same column said that the RS4 will retain the V8, possibly blown.

LL - NY

On 7/7/08, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Yep, I have an '01 S4 too... nobody should be able to complain about stock
> configuration throttle response from that engine design.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: larrycleung at gmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5
>
> They have the lag dialed out these days. My '01 S4 has no detectable lag. A
> big difference after driving an S2 for a year.
>
> I concur. A supercharger ain't the way to go.
>
> Kase
>
> djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> > Hmm... you'd think they would stick to their core competency.? If there's
> one thing Audi has always done well, it is building good turbo engines.? Why
> not continue that theme?? Superchargers are heat factories... not sure why
> they'd want to go in that direction, unless the market just can't deal with
> a little lag.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> > To: djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com>
> > Cc: t44tqtro at gmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:59 am
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Saw my first A5
> >
> >
> > Audi is going back to blowers now (the neu-S4 will be a single SC V6) but
> the belt driven kind. > (Autoweek 30 June 2008)
> >
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