Re: Audi stuff in "Automobile"

[John Greenstreet <jgreenst@motown.ge.com>]

> From quattro-owner@swiss.ans.net Thu Jan 26 09:49:08 1995
> From: John Greenstreet <jgreenst@motown.ge.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 08:55:17 -0500
> To: quattro@swiss.ans.net
> Subject: Re: Audi stuff in "Automobile"
> Reply-To: quattro@swiss.ans.net
> 
> 
> > From quattro-owner@swiss.ans.net Wed Jan 25 17:50:28 1995
> > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 13:54:17 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>
> > 
> > 
> > actually the DIN hp numbers are slightly different.  e.g. 3.6 V8
> > makes 250 DIN bhp, while it makes 240 SAE bhp,  the V6 makes 174 DIN
> > vs 172 SAE, the S4 makes 238 DIN vs 227 SAE...  unless the cars
> > are slightly detuned but i thought they stopped that practice.
> 

I just re-checked in ams, and it shows 230 HP for the S4 in 1992.
With the exception of the 3.6 V8, it seems that Audi calculates
the US figures by subtracting just a shade more than 1%.

According to the Bosch Automotive Handbook, SAE Net, DIN, and JIS
figures should be equivalent.  However, in Germany a consumer can sue
if a new car does not reach its rated top speed because the engine does
not produce its rated output.  In this country, the SAE rating does not
imply that every engine will put out the rated HP; it only says that
an engine that was tested did.

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John Greenstreet, Senior Engineer           (jgreenst@motown.ge.com)
Martin Marietta Government Electronic Systems    Moorestown NJ 08057
WPI Class of '75, Temple Class of '94

My new car history:
  1975    1978    1982       1986        1989      1992      1995
   VW ->  Audi -> Audi  -> Mercedes -> Mercedes -> Audi -> Mercedes
Scirocco Fox GTI  4000S    190E 2.3    190E 2.6    100CS     S320

POSSLQ's* new car history:
         1978       1981       1985      1988        1990     1993
       Triumph ->  Toyota ->  Toyota  ->  VW    ->   Audi  -> Audi
       Spitfire    Tercel     Corolla   Jetta GL      80      90S

*POSSLQ = Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
Note: All Audis and Mercedes above were sold to friends or family.
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