Re: What is the output of a Audi 80 3A Engine?

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Eyvind Spangen writes:
> On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:30:53 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> >> [ 1984cc 4-cyl 10.5:1 108 hp, 121 lb-ft ]
> >> What more than the I-5 in my Coupe GT.  Why have the I-5 then?
> >
> >Yeah, but you're comparing a 1988-1990 2.0L 4 cylinder with high =
> compression
> >to an earlier (1981-84) 2.1L 5-cylinder with low-compression.  The =
> post-1987
> >NA 10V 2.3L 5-cylinders with high compression makes 130 hp.
> 
> The Euro models of the NA 2.3 10V I5 engine puts out between 138 and
> 133 hp (older car =3D more powerful engine). The last I5-equipped cars
> had the 133 hp engine. When was the change between solid and hydraulic
> lifters?

The drop in power in Euro models may be due to the addition of emissions
control equipment (which the US models already had for quite some time)?

For US models the changeover to hydraulic lifters occurred for the 1984
model year, pretty much across all models.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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