Re: lotsa 300hp fwd cars!

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Graydon D. Stuckey writes:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Todd Young wrote:
> > This talk about 200hp being the most you can put through the front
> > wheels is a lot of crap. Case in point, early 70's in the US, Olds
> > Toronado with a 455cid large block turning the front wheels. I know for
> ... stuff deleted...
> 
> That is very true.  The Cadillac STS has 300 hp, the Chrysler 300M has 
> over 250 hp, and therer are lots of race cars out there with fwd and over 
> 300 hp, like many of the touring cars.  These cars also are very light, 
> so the power-to-weight ratios are pretty high too.

That used be to be true before traction control.  Audi never built a
200+ hp car without quattro until the A8 3.7, which has 230hp with FWD.
The A8 3.7 comes standard with ASR (auto slip regulation).

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