Re: Miscell. ?'s

[David Ritter <dritter@mich.com>]

Chris Ban writes:
 > Hey, reaching a juncture here on ideas for my 1990 100 Automatic.  I have 
 > been adding small things here and there, mostly to improve the aesthetic 
 > value.  Now I'm ready to start enhancing the performance, starting with the 
 > engine.  If you could find the time to give me an answer to any one of the 
 > following questions (or all of them), I would really appreciate your help 
 > and advice.
 > 
 > 
 > Are there any relatively inexpensive things that I can do to enhance the 
 > performance of my car (i.e., mods, augmentations)?

The problem with boosting the performance is that you will shorten the 
life of your slushbox as soon as the hp goes up. I don't believe that
any of the Audi automatics respond to higher power very well. 
I believe that your car's engine is already tuned fairly high for the
NA I-5. A better starting point is a turbo 5-speed, which in a US spec 
car of your year, was only available in a 200Q. These can be tuned
quite a bit, and the trans can take quite a bit more.

David