Re: Gear ratios

[paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan)]

From: STEADIRIC@aol.com

>Kwattro@aol.com said:

>>You have a 1.8 four cylinder quattro??????  cool!  Max speed should be 
about
>>110 mph without modifications.

>Considering the 2.1l 5 banger in the Coupe GT was only good to 105mph
>(BTDT) I doubt that the 90 hp 4 would go faster than the lighter GT with
>15 more ponies........

You're all thinking US spec again.  I think the original poster said Euro 
spec.  I have a UK spec here (probably similar to Euro) for a 1987 Audi 80 
quattro (1781cc, 112bhp) that claims a top speed of 122mph with a 0-60 of 
11.6

We weren't so anal retentive about emissions (I do miss Bob D'Amato's little 
comments - when is he going to stop building his house and get back to his 
real purpose in life - double entendre?) back in '87 - I think cats were 
introduced here in '89.

There was a 90bhp version of the 1781 engine, but that wasn't used on the 
quattro model and was a carb version anyway (yes, we still had them in the 
UK in '87).

The original question was about gear ratios - that isn't listed in the 
specs, the Bentley only gives American specs (although the Eurospec model 
may use the same ratios), and Haynes doesn't cover quattros.  I don't know 
how that will help you to determine top speed though - you will also need to 
know power characteristics of the engine, aerodynamics etc.

Paul
paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
1984 Audi 80 quattro (2144cc and 136bhp, no cat)
1989 Audi 100 Avant (2226cc and 136bhp, no cat)