RE: s2 sedan

[Mark Nelson <mnelson@brls.com>]

I would have to agree that those are definitely two hot conversions, but
personally I just could not see dumping that much money into one of
those cars for street use.  If I were going to spend that much money for
a sports car, I will go out and buy a Porsche Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, or
even a new Turbo, before I would even consider dropping in a year's
worth of paychecks into a CQ.  I would rather go and spend the money on
a car that is built to go high speeds, and handle well at those speeds.
No offense, but those two S2's cannot touch a Carrera 4 or a '96+ Turbo.
 Porsche may say that the C4 has a top speed of 172 MPH, but Porsche is
well known for being very conservative on their power numbers, and their
speed ratings, by ~20% or more.

Just my .02

Best Regards,

Mark Nelson
mnelson@brls.com
Incline Village, Nevada

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'91 Audi Coupe Quattro (Building for SCCA Pro Rally)



>There's actually 2 issues of European Car that may interest you.  One has 
>the article on the real S2.  The issue is January 1994, Volume 25, Number 
>1. The article begins on page 106.  The car is no real big deal other than 
>it is a 90 Quattro with a S4 engine in it.  Obviously it has the other 
>stuff a S4 has, like fatter wheel wells, bigger wheels (16" Avus) etc.  The 
>performance number are 0-100 km in 6 seconds, top speed of 153 mph.
>
>Now the real monster is in issue June 1995, Volume 26, Number 6.  This is 
>the MTM RSR.  This started as a European Coupe Quattro S2 and is tweeked 
>until it puts out 428 bhp, races 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds, hits 100 mph in 
>9.0 flat and tops out at 168 mph.  I don't have the space to go into the 
>details here, alothough you own it yourself to get the back issue if 
>possible and read the article.
>
>It terms of converting your CQ into an S2 type, I heard yesterday, through 
>the grapevine, an engine transplant will take appoximately 100 hours of 
>labor.  If you've the dough, you'd have a fun car!
>
>You might want to speak to Ivor @ Total Audi Performance (TAP) or George @ 
>Rally Motorsport.  Both have shared stories of 400+ hp turbo I5's they have 
>built.  George even mentioned one they did that is rated at over 500 hp. 
> If true, I seriously wonder about the reliability of such an engine.
>
>Well, that's the deal.  Have fun on your quest.