Re: 20v power upgrades

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

At 10:13 AM -0700 3/29/99, John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy wrote:
> Listers,
> I've been following this page for a short time now, after I discovered
> the obscure '91 200tq.  I wished I'd have know about it after leaving
> the quattro ranks for Volvo

I guess now isn't the time to tell you that there's been a list for 
200q20v owners for (almost, not quite) a year now? :)


>
> Now for my question...I've seen so many references to how easy it is to
> bump hp into the 280 range, no one says much about how the rest of the
> drive train suffers from the added strain.  Do the clutches,
> differentials, CVs, and tranys stand up?  I am not hard on my vehicles
> (2 former audis have taken me over 250kmi.), but would definately look
> into these upgrades!


Several people on the 200q20v list are running the 265-285hp "class" 
of chips(the manufacturers have claimed everything from 265 to 285 on 
what are basically the same chip, and sometimes, the same company has 
changed the claimed HP without changing the HP.)

But, most of us haven't had any problems so far with the increased 
power, and at least one or two people are running in excess of 
300-350hp.  The quattro drivetrain is pretty damn tough...I think the 
center drive shaft is some kind of carbon-fibre job!

On the clutch side, I haven't had any problems except for one time 
when I absent-mindedly forgot to fully complete the "lift" part of 
the shifting equation, but fully remembered the "pedal press" part of 
the gas equation :)  I got a little surprise, but as soon as I let up 
my foot all the way(duh) the clutch pulled the engine's RPMs back 
down without my having to let up on the gas(this has got to be a 
fairly good test of how strong the clutch is.)

Brett
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