
Originally Posted by
A4x
With E85 the gen 2 engine is at like 380 HP crank.
Yes, improved fueling, bigger turbo, better intake and exhaust variable timing systems, improved overall engine air flow among other improvements will get you to 500 hp. There is like 8-10 years of development work in between these 2 engine classes.
Maybe start a dedicated thread to compare the engine technology in detail, instead of clouding up this one?
apologies for clouding this thread.
I may start one; one day... after/if I ever write and hear back from the tuners.
in a way, quarter mile times is relevant to the motors we have and the restrictions it poses.

Originally Posted by
Spawne32
I have no doubt that there is probably an easy turbo option to put these cars at 350-400 to the wheels with needing major modifications. the reason we dont see it is what i think is a number of factors, one being this is a dead platform, and has been dead from the get go, its prone to failure for many other reasons unrelated to performance, once they break nobody keeps them so the retention rate is low, and the tuning issues as well as other issues with electronics make it a waste of money for companies to invest in real R&D to produce a cheap turbo option bigger then the K04. Reason the K04 is still around as a cheap upgrade for us is because its based on an OEM setup, its ridiculously cheap to assemble a hybrid K04 (from a business end) and it still has a pretty large profit margin for most companies. Especially since we know that alot of them are sourcing parts from china and that the turbo fully assembled probably only costs most of these companies 4-600 bucks and then sold for 1000 dollars higher.
I think your post makes perfect sense Spawne.
yeah, the Gen 2 probably had a bad reputation due to issues such as oil consumption, Timing chain tensioner etc... it was only a brief period.. 2012 - 2013 (I assume even up to 2014 in North America)... was when the oil consumption was fixed on the gen 2... and then 2013 or 2014... the Gen 3 wast introduced, and still used to this day. I also assume that the A4..somewhat a non-performance Audi range... the market isn't in high demand for more products from tuners. compared to say, S4, S3, VW Golfs etc...
spawne, is yours running a Ko4?
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