[V8] Evo V8's

[Bastian Preindl]

Hi,

ABT modifications on both the PT and ABH (PT got 300HP and ABH got 320HP):

- Modified cylinder heads
- Modified sport camshafts
- Modified ECU (Motronic)
- Modified tranmission control ECU (modified gear shift characteristics)
- Modified air intakes

Outcome (PT):

Engine power output +50PS
Maximum power output at 6000rpm
Maximum speed of 250km/h
Engine torque +40Nm (380Nm)
Maximum torque at 4300rpm
Accelaration 0-100km/h in 8 seconds
Took 14 work days and costed 16,900 DM (around, I guess, 10k USD)

Outcome (ABH):

Engine power output +40PS
Maximum power output at 6000rpm
Maximum speed of 258km/h
Engine torque +35Nm (435Nm)
Accelaration 0-100km/h in 6,5 seconds (manually shifted) and 7,5 seconds 
(automatic gearbox)
Same costs and same work time

... as you can see, it's neither Voodoo nor very impressive. I guess 
that a PT V8 having the legendary and extremely rare Oettinger 
crankshaft increasing the capacity to 4.0 litres is more interesting 
than that...

I'll upload the stuff soon - it's even partially in English.

Bastian