[s-cars] Saw my first A5

[LL - NY]

Special pulley tool # 20XX only availible from AoNA for competition purposes
only....

Probably stocked with all of the NOS parts they keep for restoring the
"classics"....



On 7/7/08, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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