[V8] Arrival of "The Black Mariah"...

[DasWolfen at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/13/05 1:55:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net writes:

Check  out the archives (quattro) for Javad Shatzi. He has a 20V built over 
500whp.  Should get "Black Mariah" going down the road pretty well  :-)


 Roger said "maintain livability with even more punch".... Lets see  Javad's 
car weighs in around 2700lbs and looking at his dyno plots his 20v has  all 
the grunt of a 7A under 4500rpm....ie: NONE. Roger's Avant weighs in around  
3700 and will probably see more than a bit of light utility work.....I see a  
compatibility issue. ;)
 
 Roger, I'd suggest starting with a known "good" 2.5 bar chipset and  
concentrating on the exhaust for performance improvements. A 3" downpipe and  good 
custom exhaust system will allow that spastic K24 to spool even quicker for  
that low down grunt feeling. Of course if you just have to go crazy......
 
 I have a customer selling the majority of his RS2 parts as well as a  pretty 
"nasty" custom ECU with dash switch selectable 2.5/3 bar modes. For about  
1/3rd the new cost, toss on one of Javad's custom turbo's that emulate  an RS2, 
than add the exhaust and you'll have enough grunt to light up all 4  tires, 
blow away any Porsche that's not packin twin turbo's, and scare  a Z06 Vette.... 
while returning 25-27 highway mpg and be perfectly  happy with a tail full of 
boxes puttering around  town.