RE: 1990's I5 vs v6 motors

[JoshW@Dynamicair.com]

	...rpms when entering freeways here in Minneapolis,...

cool, a local.
Josh Wheeler , Woodbury

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Todd Young [SMTP:tyoung@wamnet.com]
	Sent:	Friday, June 25, 1999 8:50 AM
	To:	John Stanton; quattro@audifans.com
	Subject:	Re: 1990's I5 vs v6 motors

	John Stanton wrote:

	> I don't want to start any raves but am in the serious buy mode and
	> wanted some opinions regarding the q 90 5 cylinder and 6 cylinder
cars.
	> The usual power, performance, reliability etc.  I have had two I5
	> motored cars and have found it to be bullet proof.

	Well, I have the 12valve V6 and it has over 100K on it and it's
still
	running strong. I regularly use the higher rpms when entering
freeways
	here in Minneapolis, especially when using the A/C and I can pull
away
	from most traffic fairly easily. Oil consumption is on the order of
1 to
	1.5 quarts per 3-5K miles. The major drawback to the V6 is the lack
of
	performance mods available.

	That said, I'd rather have an early S4/S6 with the 20valve I5 Turbo.
There
	is much more potential with that motor. If I were in the market for
an
	even newer Audi, an A4 1.8Turbo Qship would be the car of
preference.
	Again, due to the proliferation of aftermarket performance mods for
that
	engine.

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