Reliable consistent street power vs. Turbo. It's your choice, if GM would let you have it.
Fact, normally aspirated engines are more reliable then forced induction engines! Turbos are like a small runaway nuclear explosion. Without a wastgate, if you keep your foot all the way to the floorboard, the turbo would build so much pressure up in your engine that you would blow your engine up. Something happen to the wastgate and your engine is toast.
Why does LNF power peak at 260HP and 5,300 rpm? I’ll tell you why, the LNF uses the same little K04 variant of the German built 3K-Warner Turbo as the award winning Audi 2.0L Turbo does.
Audi obviously wants happy customers and so to make their engines last keeps boost pressure lower then LNF, and limits boost pressure to 8psi maximum. GM has 5yr./100,000 warranty so who cares. That’s why Audi is profitable and GM is not.
As far as power goes, Audi hears you loud and clear. 2009 will bring a 350HP 2.5L 5-cylinder Turbo and the VR6 is upped to 3.6L with 280HP for its TT.
Spied: 2010 Audi TT-RS Roadster
As far as Audi and BMW is concerned, it is clear that BMW is arrogant. If rear wheel drive is superior then why does BMW offer AWD xi models now? Maybe it’s because Audi is starting to smoke them in sales too?
BMW vs. Audi in a war of words
The N/A A4 is equivalent to the N/A BMW 328 as the N/A S4 is equivalent to the TT BMW 335 as the RS4 is equivalent to the BMW M3. So comparing apples to apples,Audi is the better car.
P.S.: When is GM coming out with their 300HP LNF upgrade?
