Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:00:45 GMT From: -Bob- <uctraingNOSPAMnospamanet.com> Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)
On Tue, 11 May 2004 14:33:31 +0200, "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com> wrote: >Dear Dave, > >You're right. I've never driven a Saab, but I am totally confident that the >only turbo engine about with no real lag is that which has the "bang-bang" >system, and this, as far as I can remember is only in Subaru's and EVO's >realm, never Saabs. > >I could already tell turbo lag in my 1.8T even before it was chipped, If it still lags after chipping and related improvements, you bought the wrong chip. If you think a "chip" by itself is the way to increase performance in a motor, you need some engineering advice. >and >Audi's 1.8T can be made to give much higher peak power than any Saab can >ever get, so I'm sure it's better engineered, even if it has less cubic room >than the 2.3 Saab couterpart. Really ? Better engineered ? Do we need to have a "peak HP" pissing contest ? > correct me if I'm wrong, there is no "normal >street" design that will be good enough for lag simply not to be there, >which is only sad, given that in my opinion lag should now be a thing of the >past. You evidently don't understand how a turbo charger works if you think lag should "disappear". In addition, I think you are confusing "significant horsepower under boost" with "lag". I had a non-turbo Nissan that cranked out wonderful HP above 3500 RPM - That doesn't mean that it had "lag" below that. The fact that an engine is not generating peak HP (yet) does not mean that the turbo is "lagging". > But chip that and >I'm sure lag is going to become more apparent. Again, you don't even know what lag is. Let me know how many engines (turbo charged, supercharged, or normally aspirated) you find that generate peak HP off the line.
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