[urq] A2 Rally FI

[Brandon Rogers]

I'm no history buff on this stuff, but the article said it went from
Pierburg mechanical on the A1 to Motronic on the A2....

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob" <bob at audisport.com>
To: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
Cc: "Urq" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] A2 Rally FI


> Actually the A2's came with Pierburg injections....makes bosch look
> good!!! :)
>
> Bob
>
> Martin Pajak wrote:
>
> >Yes, 911 turbo used CIS all the way to the monster 3.6 (0-60 in shade
over 4
> >sec).
> >I was shocked when I founf that out...
> >
> >If you want to split hairs though, ovlov P1800 used a fuel injection
(driven
> >by the dizzy) back in early 70's.
> >
> >One reason for Audi to use CIS might be contract restriction from Bosch.
> >Or that it was simply reliable and ran clean enough to pass emissions.
> >
> >Anyone else?
> >
> >Cheers
> >Martin Pajak
> >
> >http://www.quattro.ca
> >
> >1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) In storage
> >1985 Audi Ur-quattro (203,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B ;o)
> >1986 Audi 4000s quattro (270,000 km) winter car
> >1971 Porsche 911T (45,000 mi) all original
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
> >Behalf Of Brandon Rogers
> >Sent: January 31, 2005 17:31
> >To: Urq List
> >Subject: [urq] A2 Rally FI
> >
> >
> >Guys-
> >was re-reading the Motorsport Magazine from ~December that featured Stig
> >Blomquist re-visiting some of his past cars - including the quattro A2
( His
> >favorite!), SQ, RS200, ...others.  Anyway in their mentioned that one of
the
> >changes to the car in A2 form A1 form was the introduction of Motronic.
I
> >found this interesting because I've always wondered why it took Audi so
long
> >to shift production cars to Motronic from CIS.  BMW was using Motronic in
> >the mid 80's.  Then recently I read that a Porsche Turbo as late as the
90's
> >still used CIS ( 1994 3.6 single turbo???)
> >
> >Anyway--thoughts???
> >
> >Brandon
> >'84 urq w/ Motronic
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