Re: A4 1.8T

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

Danger Will Robinson!

Audi+Audi Sport have been quoted to the effect of:
"The 1.8 turbo wasn't designed for anything above 200hp."

You're tempting SERIOUS fate if you go above 200hp.  That is a TINY 
motor, ladies+gents; it produces significantly less power than even 
the 10v 5-cylinder.

  It is NOT the bulletproof 2.23 litre 5-banger we all know and love 
that is vastly overbuilt.

If you don't believe me, ask any of the dozen or so people that have 
blown up engines.  TAP, and others, are shamelessly selling these 
unreliable upgrades.

If you want HP increases, try finding a better intercooler and/or 
install a water injection system and go with the exhaust upgrades. 
If you chip the ECU, stick to non-agressive chips that don't go 
overboard.  Chips are the easy way out.

For those of you running chips, I suggest a regular cleanout of your 
IC, if it is easily accessable.  Most a4 owners haven't put enough 
milage on as I have on my 200q, but at 120k miles, I flushed out a 
considerable amount of sand, grit, and bugs from my IC, as well as 
lots of grime inside(I removed that by soaking the IC in hand dish 
washing liquid.)

Brett

At 10:05 PM -0500 3/5/99, A24k4x4@aol.com wrote:
> Good evening,
> I want to do some upgrades to a A4 1.8T from TAP.  They have a tubular header
> and a down pipe with a hi-flow cat.  This will be added to an ABT exhaust
> back.  We will also be doing the K04 turbo with ECU upgrade from 
> Neuspeed.  My
> question is the Neuspeed can come with an exhaust manifold that has been
> Extrude honed as an extra.  Which one of these manifolds will work best?  The
> Extrude honed one or the tubular header one and why?
> Thanks for your response.
> Al Swackhammer

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