Re: AUDI & Mercedes

["Bradford H. Kellogg" <bhk@genrad.com>]

On 21 Oct 95, Richard Klein wrote:

>All I've ever driven are 2-valve per cylinder cars, but I've heard
>that multi-valve engines sacrifice low-rpm torque for high-rpm
>horsepower.

You heard correctly - an Audi dealer told me this, and my `90 coupe
quattro (with the 20V head) seems to bear this out.  It behaves
somewhat like a turbo: lazy get up and go, but while the revs build
linearly, the g forces seem to build exponentially.