To Abt or to Abt more...

["Jouko Haapanen" <joukoh@vtoy.fi>]

Time to look at options for my A4 1.8T quattro as the Urq search looks to
be futile or financially unreasonable due to our ridiculous car tax and its
application to used imports.  I have good experiences from my previous
Abt-modified 1.8T, so I am  lookiing at Abt as the source for the next one
as well.  I am basically looking at two alternatives:

option 1:	215 hp (intake/exhaust/intercooler flow/software mods)
option 2:	240 hp (plus bigger KKK/bigger IC/injectors)

The costs are approx. USD 2500 and 5000 respectively, here in Finland.  I
would be interested inn MTM as well, but they don't really have a
distributor here, making it a bit difficult.  The question is, does anyone
have experiences with 1.8T's with bigger turbos?  The added 25 hp seems
very little, and the 65 hp over stock on the 215 seems a better deal
financially than the 240.  The Abt website is up, but seems incomplete, as
not all engine mods have detailed power/torque curves posted.

Do many q-listers have modified A4's?  If so, whose mods, how much
(claimed) power, and what experiences?

I am personally hedging towards saving the other 2500 and going with
215hp...


Jouko Haapanen
97 A4 1.8T quattro
89 911 Carrera 3.2