Re: I-5 10v NA power?

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

Well, heck, anything can make more power, given enough $$$. Looks like a
hell of motor you have there, Mik, although I don't know if most listers are
at the extreme of getting custom cranks, big valve heads, and trotting out
the boring bar.
To my eye, that's a little (ok, a lot) past "tuning", and more like an
"engine based on the I-5 block"

I looked for parts for my present car, when I first got it. For my coupe,
too. $800CDN for headers? $600 for a cam? yoiks....

I guess to really make it work, you've got to "Go Big, or Go Home", which
you've accomplished rather well.

Wish that site had sound files of it!

Summary? Everyone has a target price for engine development. How much more
power can be had for $500-$1000-$1500-whatever?...and is it inline with your
_personal_ cost/value calculator?

Stephen Bigelow **Chevy small block/Fiat SOHC1290 X1/9 tuner**
N/A I-5 Audi tuned to factory spec.
e-commerce/ Business Development
http://www.countdown9199.com/
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>>Put in a new low-restriction exhaust, and a Schrick cam, anda K&N
>>filtercharger, that will be good for about 20 more HP,but at a cost of
>>drivability and idling and low-end torque.Cost is about $1500 total.
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>>The 10V NA motor is not really tunable, I have one myself.
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>OBVIOUSLY, you have little or NO experience "Tuning" a 10V NA
>Audi engine!
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>I invite you to take a ride in my 86 Coupe GT, and see for yourself
>what a "not really tunable" engine can do!
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