New A4 quattro

[Greg Spark <sparkg@wave.co.nz>]

On Mon 05 Aug, owner-quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net wrote:
 
Please forgive double post - I forgot to update subject line 1st time<cringe>

 > From: Robert Houk - SMCC Bos Desktop Hardware <rdh@UrQ.East.Sun.COM>
 > Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 12:42:48 -0400
 > Subject: Re: New a4 quattro
 
 FWIW this is dealer-speak (otherwise known as bullsh**):
 
 MTM of Germany modify the 1.8T motor and add 137hp, approved by the factory
 and in New Zealand supported by full factory warranty. They pointedly did
 not modify anything in the motor because the standard motor is well specced
 to handle this power and they wanted to retain factory support.
 
 NOTHING in the drivetrain of the 286hp car is different except for suspension
 setup.
 
 > For what it's worth (no warranty implicit or otherwise!), I was in yesterday
 > talking to a dealer, looking at a "low-mileage S4", chatting about the I-5
 > vs the A4's and the 4-cylinder, etc, and so forth. One of his comments was
 > that the 4-cyl cars  (blocks, transaxles, CV-joints, etc.) don't have as
 > much capability of absorbing extra power as the typical (quote bulletproof
 > unquote) Audi 5-bangers of yore. E.g, that while a, for example, UrQ or
 > S4 could esaily support another 100 (or more) HP, the A4 drivetrain won't
 > be able to handle that kind of "tuning" (power) without being beefed up
 > substantially.
 

-- 
Greg Spark
sparkg@wave.co.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand
96 A4 1.8Tq MTM 187hp Ming Blue (screaming out for more power)