RE: New A6 Info

[Tom Haapanen <tomh@metrics.com>]

No, possible and even true.  The 1.8 TDI 20V does produce 150 hp,
compared to the 1.9 TDI's 110 hp.  However, it's down in torque from 235
Nm to 210 Nm (sorry, no conversion table handy).  The torque curve is
still flat as a tabletop.

The horsepower increase is made possible by improving the high-rpm
breathing capabilities of the engine and thus extending the torque curve
upward.  As I recall, the 1.9 TDI's torque curve starts dropping off at
3500 rpm, so the 1.8 TDI 20V would need to get to close to 6000 rpm
(given 10% lower torque and some dropping off in the curve) to generate
the 150 hp.

Impossible?  No, just Audi.  :-)  Remember -- "Vorsprung durch Technik"!

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Tom Haapanen -- Software Metrics Inc. -- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
A Microsoft Solution Provider Partner -- http://www.metrics.com/


>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Meron" <phwomp@cosmoslink.net>
>Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 00:46:21 -0800
>Subject: Re: New A6 Info
>
>>The well-proved 1.8 litre four-cylinder TDI is more sporty in 
>>character. It packs a 110 kW punch (150 bhp) and, like the petrol 
>>driven V6, profits from the advantages of the five valve mechanism: 
>>high power efficiency, smooth torque characteristic, low fuel 
>>consumption and exhaust emission. Its spectacular torque curve offers 
>>a constant of 210 Nm in an engine speed range of 1,750 to 4,600 rpm."
>
>impossible waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much power for a diesel, should be no
>more than 100BHP......maybe you confused it with the gas engine....
>Avi Meron
>
>