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Old 03-18-2008, 07:28 AM   #4 (permalink)
casman
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well, well. I do not know if you indeed have more bhp than the stock S3 but it surely sounds like you have a super gearing too! Otherwise waving goodbye to a car with 272hp and 350Nm of torque, you must have more than 300hp, much more...

Maybe you overstressed your point a bit, maybe you can just follow it and play, or just stay in front. Waving needs many more horses to do...

Even a new S3 with an MTM, Oettinger or Sportec etc engine upgrade to around 310bhp does not improve o to 62 times by more then 2 -3 tenths of a second! As for the top speed, inspite people's braggings about it, it just moves up 8 to 13 more klm, i.e. to a top speed of 258 or 263 klm/h

So as to put it in perspective, your car had a factory top speed of 234 - 236, depending on load and extras. With a serious engine uprgade, one that would bring your car closer to 300bhp, it would still go near or up to 250klm/h! tops!!!

And because the turbo you are using is small for high air volumes, the last 20 - 30 klm before achieving the top speed would be achingly slow...

Nevertheless, I feel fine that my old car was such a hit. Who knows, maybe I've done a bad job selling it to buy the new S3...
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