Re: Hill climbing Scirocco

["The PC Handyman" <pchandyman@intrex.net>]

> Right.  Be warned about the turboaudis, though, they're WAY faster than
they
> look. I've driven a total of two turbo quattro coupes - they seemed OK,
ehh,
> one was BAD, the other was reasonable, seemed about right for a 2800#,
160hp
> car.  Then I got my wagon & found out how fast a 3400#, 160hp car should
be.
>   They're fast.  Not many 5000 turbo owners drive fast, and there are
> relatively few turbo quattro coupes out there

Here's an imressive Quattro system tidbit. The 3000lb Audi 5k turbo (162hp)
does 0-60mph in 9.3(ish). The same car (162hp) with the quattro system,
weighing 300lbs more (3300lb, 5kcstq) was rated at 0-60 in
8.0-8.3secs!(R&T,C&D). So not only was the 4wd able to offset 300lbs weight,
but also _improve_ the time by a second!

-Noah
-83 VW 16v Cabbie (coming soon...)
-83 VW Callaway Turbo Rocco (Craving Audi parts)
-87 VW 8v GTI (Will this car ever die? 250kmi)
-87 Audi 5kCSTQ (recently aquired, not featured on my site)
http://www.members.tripod.com/pchandyman/


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