RE: A4 1.8T chips-- why not factory?

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Few facts:

1. In Germany tax rates depend on engine horsepower. The output of 1.8T
engine was limited to 150hp to make it fit into lower tax range.
2. All cars offered on American market are supposed to run on 87 AKI octane
gas (I've been told)
4. Audi did not want 1.8T version to outperform V6 models, which are most
likely much more profitable.
5. Audi _does_ chip the 1.8T "at the works" - in Germany you can buy A4 1.8T
prepped by Audi's factory tuner, Quattro GmbH. Chipped engine develops 193hp
and carries full Audi warranty.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	frank@zk3.dec.com [SMTP:frank@zk3.dec.com]
> Sent:	Monday, February 16, 1998 7:29 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	A4 1.8T chips-- why not factory?
> 
> Say, if chipping the 1.8T is such a good idea, why doesn't Audi just do
> it at the works?
> 
> Quoting the Wetterauer web page (http://www.chip-tuning.com/mainmenu.htm):
> 
> 	"When we chip-tune your vehicle
>          we alter these [fuel pump voltage]
>          maps [and other parameters?] to
>          shift the overall vehicle
>          compromise with a bias
>          towards performance."
> 
> The obvious nervous question is, what do they bias away from?
> 
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