Road going Quattro Sport performance

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <VA.000003fd.00915310@maximum> Chris Wilson writes:

> I was at a track day yesterday,where some ordinary (UR) Quattros were 
> out,and a genuine 12,000 miler Quattro Sport SWB road car was 
> present,too.The driver was competent,yet it performed little better than 
> enthusiastically driven UR's.What was the alleged performance differences 
> between these things?

Ain't no "alleged".  316bhp plays 200.  Sports are lighter, too.  And better 
shod.
 
A Sport at a UK track day?  White?  John Hanlon?

A tweaked and seriously driven WR is almost a match for a Sport on a tarmac 
track. My personal view (contentious, though) is that the MB and RR are _LESS_ 
of a threat on a track because the TORSEN differential invades the driver's 
envelope.

--
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
 (Anyone got a use for a 19mm Allen driver?)