Re: A6 2.8 going to 190hp?

["Psychotic Don't-you-dare-tickle-me Elmo" <honge@creighton.edu>]

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Doug Miller wrote:

>I recently heard through the grapevine that Audi will soon bump the 2.8
>from 172 to 190hp? Anyone heard more definitive dates, or other info?  My
>source says its due to engine control advances, not anything like dramatic
>mechanical upgrades.

Better ditch that "source." The reason is because it's a whole new engine.
Okay, maybe not "whole new" engine, but it becomes 30-valve DOHC engine --
the first mass-production 5-valve-per-cylinder V6. It's been available in
Euro for a year now, I think.

And, yes, engine control also advanced...

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