Re: Audi 80 and/or Iltis (fwd)

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Darin Nederhoff writes:
> Anyway, I am looking for information on the Iltis, and while suring the net I
> came across the following tidbit in an article about the Quattro and how the
> AWD came about:
> 
>         Developed in Ingolstadt by Audi, the Iltis had the same basic four
>         cylinder transaxle and engine as the Audi 80 of the time.
> 
> Now, it seems this took place before 1977 in Finland. I would like to find
> out what engine the above quote is describing. Mainly, a rough idea of
> size, horsepower, torque etc. Imperial or metric, dosen't matter.

Not sure how it was actually equipped on the Iltis, but that engine
is basically the water-cooled inline four as found on all Audi 80
(Fox and 4000 in the U.S.) and VW Dasher/Rabbit/Scirocco models
of that vintage.  I would guess from the time frame of this that
would be either a 1.5 or 1.6 liter unit putting out roughly 74
horsepower.

The book "Audi Quattro Development and Competition History" by
Jeremy Walton has a good description of how the Iltis inspired
the Quattro program at Audi.

-Ti
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