Re: a q awdry

[Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

sorry scott but where do you get the idea that the "european racing venue
places the a4q and m3 as the 2 top competitors to each other".

the m3 isn't raced in europe.  it isn't eligible for fia class 2 which is restricted
to engines of 2 litres max and 8,500 rpm ceiling.

bmw race a 2 litre coupe based around the 325i shell.  they used to call it
the 318i (yeah right), but it is now called a 320i.  the engine is a destroked
version of the old m3 4 pot screamer.  i don't think that bmw ran with that
unit last year in the btcc and german series though, instead developing a
unit based around their current 4 pot motor.

audi are not allowed to run their 5 valve engines as this would give them an
"unfair advantage" and so use an engine based around the old vw 1.8i unit.

btw in further reference to the advantage of awd, john cleland is quoted in the
latest autosport in reference to 1997:-

"things are looking good as long as audi isn't allowed to walk away with it again.  
if you ask me 4 wheel drive should be banned tomorrow, not next year.  but as it's 
here for another season, alan gow,  the guy who runs the btcc, has to do the right 
thing about the weight or it will be a joke.  at the moment, with things as the fia 
has left them [with a 95kg weight penalty over the fwd cars and a 45 kg penalty 
over the rwd cars], frank biela could win the btcc towing a caravan." 

enough said?


-dave
'93 s2
'90 ur-q

..>
..>From: QSHIPQ@aol.com
..>Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:28:03 -0500 (EST)
..>
..>In a message dated 97-01-15 01:13:00 EST, you write:
..>
..><< iron. . . .Though considerably faster, the Mustangs and Camaros were no
..>match
..> for the A4q; we ate them alive in the twisted sections. It was a picture of
..> pure frustration as we passed these guys in the corners only to have them
..> catch up on the straights and then drop back in the corners again.
..> Essentially, we surprised everyone with the car's skills, and the concept of
..> Audi's 'unfair advantage' became crystal clear." (European Car, Nov '96).
..> This was in a stock 172 hp A4q except for +1 wheels and tires. Just someone
..> else's $0.02.
..>  >>
..>Great car, mustangs and camaro comparo is kinda funny, though some details on
..>the GTI might be in order, and +1 is stacking the deck some, do it for one,
..>do it for all, camaro with 18's might change the score some....  as well as a
..>comparo to the M3....  I find it very interesting that the european racing
..>venue places the A4q and the M3 as the two top competitors to each other (and
..>the war of words is just as heavy as the protests), yet I have yet to find an
..>article comparing the two in street trim, here or across the pond....  EC of
..>all folks, I would think, would give this a go.....
..>