RE: Audi 200 turbo quattros

[Mike Loeks <mloeks@columbia-center.org>]

At 03:18 AM 7/25/96 UT, you wrote:
>I have to correct you on a couple of points.  A CUSTOM 2 1/2" exhaust system 
>will set you back less than $360 and if that gives you ~5-10 hp.  There are 
>also very inexpensive tuning tricks to get you 5 here or 5 there.  K&N might 
>give you ~7 and a wastegate mods might give you anouther 10-20hp.  
>
>So what does that add up to.  400 for the exhoust, ~40 for the K&N,  ~60? for 
>the wastgate mods(high end).  So if we take a conservitive # of 25 hp gained 
>than a second might be in reach depending on where the power came in for a 
>little less than 500. There are probably other routes to go that are more 
>effective but I dont own a 200 so I cant tell you.
>
>Pat Martin
>864000csq 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
>stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates.
>95 subaru legacy awd: so stock it hurts
>Bothell,WA
>
>
>
Ummm, we're talking about a TURBO car here not a normally aspirated one. I
got something on the order of 60, yes, sixty horsepower by merely upgrading
to a stiffer wastegate spring in my 5kcstq's. With the addition of the
exhaust etc.. it would be even more. The spring cost $20 BTW. 
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               Michael Loeks
               '86 5kcstq - Red w/ Fuchs/D60A2 1.8 bar boost
               '86 5kcstq - Grey w/ stock wheels/Comp T/A HR4 1.8 bar boost
               '84 Ford F350 dually flatbed(NOW we're talking utility)
               Warren, Oregon


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