Re: Audi TT flame _non rocco_

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <wje97@hamp.hampshire.edu>]

OK, I was talking out of my ass. I have no idea how much the TT Quattro weighs.
Therefore, I should shut up.
    -Josiah (who was just guessing that since a FWD new Jetta GLX weighs
3150lbs, the TT Quattro would weigh more, but the TT is a little smaller and
probably made with lighter materials)

"Aaron D. Patton" wrote:

> 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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