RE: Tires (Now1.8T)

["Mike Weiler" <lerb@redrose.net>]

	However it was well know with a Audi A4 Turbo that the turbo was well
restricted in order to make way for the Audi A6 (said to be its flagship
car) which would have had some 20 less HP if they would not have constricted
the exhaust on the stock cars so badly! Why would the other turbos that come
from VW be different? Where did this motor come from? I can easily see 100+
HP being restricted by chip and exhaust just as they did with the
Audi...which means nothing but cheap fun for us!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Collins
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 12:27 AM
To: Captnbr@aol.com
Cc: ewanhopkins@hotmail.com; Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Tires (Now1.8T)


Captnbr@aol.com wrote:

> I was just reading an article at the gym yesterday about the Golf 1.8T and
> how VW purposely  underrated the 1.8t so as not to compete too much with
> the VR6.  Sound logical to me, I would not pay 2 grand extra for a v6 just
> for a couple more horsepower.

Sounds like a recent blurb in EC.. which lately has about as much
credibility
as the Enquirer.  I seriously doubt that ALL 1.8T's are pushing more than
the specified power.. maybe a few, and I can easily believe that test cars
they give the mags are putting out more.  But all of 'em?  That's a stretch,
and would obviously be easy to prove if true.. and I haven't seen anybody
come forward with the proof (i.e. a bunch of dyno runs on separate cars).

Side comment: went to Vegas last weekend in the Passat, got 34.3 mpg in each
direction averaging about 85mph+, pulling huge hills and passes, and topping
100 at times.  Awesome!

--
Kevin Collins
'86.5 16V 2.0
'00 Passat GLS 1.8T

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