Re: Audi TT flame _non rocco_

["Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>]

According to the press release on VW Vortex the TT roadster only weighs
1310kg or about 2880 lbs.  Where do you get your 3500lb figure from?  My
guess is that the coupe will weigh 50-100lbs LESS than the roadster.
And you can't discount the fact that the dual intercooled 225bhp Quattro
roadster could probably make 300hp+ with some reasonably simple bolt-ons.


Aaron
'79 Scirocco S-gone......:-(>
'93 Corrado SLC


----- Original Message -----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <wje97@hamp.hampshire.edu>
To: F. David Chamberland <dave@newvision.com>
Cc: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>; <macsek@geocities.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Audi TT flame _non rocco_


> 225bhp, Quattro and... weighs how much? Like 3500lbs? at least? Maybe talk
to
> Dale Witt about his Scirocco, which I believe has about 200bhp, no?
> ... and weighs probably about 2500lbs. Granted, it's FWD, so won't be able
to put
> the power to the ground in a fashion even close to AWD (I'm a big fan of
> Quattro). But still, weight is a big factor. I'm sure that a properly done
up
> Scirocco could beat a TT, even the 225bhp Quattro. And on the AutoX
course, heck
> I bet my old '84 Rabbit GTI could beat the TT. It's all about weight.
>     All that said, no Scirocco is ever going to be AWD (well, that's
debatable...
> I've actually seen a Quattro Scirocco) and as stable as a TT. And all that
extra
> weight does do some good things, like for chassis stiffness and
robustness.
>     -Josiah
>
> "F. David Chamberland" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > As for most everything else it's a matter of personal taste.  And to
> > the person who's 'rocco is going to eat up TTs when he finishes it: If
> > you can dine on the 225 horse Quattro TT let's talk; I've obviously
> > missed something in planning my up-coming 'rocco project. (Besides
> > adding cylinders...)
> >
> > And to the person who wrote that he doesn't like anything VW (or Audi)
> > is making: I quite agree. Since the Corrado was axed in 93 VW hasn't
> > made anything that I really wanted to buy. Although if the planned 300
> > hp VR8 equipped Jetta "M-Killer" makes it to the US I might consider
> > setting aside my dislike of VW's current product line.
> >
> > Macsek, Love the ASCII cat. Mind if I steal it?
> >
> > -- David Chamberland
> >    95 GTI VR6 (Wife trading for a Turbo Beatle - Nope, I don't get it
either)
> >    88 16V Scirocco (Not even close to stock)
> >    88 16V Scirocco (May she rest in pieces...)
> >    90 Cat (Black)
> >    91 Cat (White)
> >    98 Cat (Black)
> >    98 Cat (White)
> >
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