Audi to introduce new 350hp Supercharged Engine for New S4 and Facelifted A6
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motoriety27
wait. supercharged or turbocharged? title says one thing, while the article says another.
April 28, 2008 9:16 am
afterace2
exactly, I guess they meant turbocharged, cause i don't think Audi is going to use superchargers. Still, 350 bhp from 3 liters is preety impressive IMO.
April 28, 2008 9:21 am
motoriety27
yeah, it's quite a feat. I'm betting that the S4's gonna blow away BMW's 335i when it comes out.
April 28, 2008 9:27 am
clinton
Sorry for the error, my german skills deserted me for a while, it is actually "Supercharged".
April 28, 2008 9:42 am
kevoluetion
motoriety27, it already does, just takes time for people to register that.
April 28, 2008 10:31 am
ceven
Umm... but "T" still indicates "turbo", right?
350bhp out of 2 litres would be impressive. But then they'd also shorten some car's lives. :D
April 28, 2008 10:32 am
benz_man
No they're not. Turbochargers make "free" horsepower from waist exhaust heat. Superchargers are spun off the engine crank, losing efficiency as revolutions per minute increase...
April 28, 2008 5:35 pm
sub39h
benz_man, a "supercharger" is any device that uses compressed air to increase air delivery to the combustion chambers. whether it's driven off the crank or by exhaust gases is irrelevant. it's still a supercharger in it's strictest definition
April 28, 2008 10:35 pm
ceven
Hello again.
German mag AMS says it's gonna be supercharged ( :D ) by putting a compressor in.
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/auto_-_produkte/hxcms_article_511977_13987.hbs
This makes me think that "3.0 TFSI" might may be mildly irritating.
April 29, 2008 10:46 am
xenomorph
BMW sells more but Audis profits are way higher than BMW and Mercedes. Its interesting that it works out like that but it does.
April 30, 2008 8:37 am
foose1397
Finally someone is heading in the right direction. SMALLER ENGINES. This proves that we can get more than enough power out of v6, why to go audi
April 28, 2008 11:30 am
pscs
can anyone tell me the benefits of detuning an engine? is it for fuel efficiency?
April 28, 2008 12:45 pm
_M7_
turbo or charger it still a bad car ´cause Audis are too heavy!!! like an american car, termodinamic eficiency and weight relacion are 2 thinks a real engiener must know...learn some from the GTR Vspect
April 28, 2008 3:33 pm
ceven
I just googled the supposed V-Spec kerb weight that is 1,490-1,590 kg (according to different sources), which doesn't make it all light.
I recently drove the A4 sedan with a diesel engine and it did weight 1,465 kg.
quattro and the 3.0 litre engine might up the weight a bit, as may other kit, but it's still not a heavy car.
Go figure.
April 28, 2008 4:46 pm
norther
supercharger...turbocharger....whatever. it's gonna be a great car. oh, btw,.
ceven, u said about de 2.0 L 350, well..there is. on that special edtion Seat Leon..rally edition i mean. it has the 2.0 l vw engine, turbocharged, 330 bhp. and there are also audi a3's with the 2.0 l with 300 bhp. of course, note standard but...there are. the 2.0l engine is a great engine, small, economical (in an extent), it can be very easily modified..
April 28, 2008 6:24 pm
ceven
I know there are engines around with a displacement/hp ratio like that, but mostly they aren't the production cars you get in the end.
One of the most weird outcomings of turbocharging was probably the Suzuki Escudi Pike's Peak. xD
April 29, 2008 1:31 pm
My old Merc C32 had a Supercharged V6. Just change the crank pulley for a nominal fee and you're good for another 50hp! I love supercharged engines. Although you end up losing some pep in the high rev ranges they're great for street driving.
Good move Audi...
April 29, 2008 12:24 am
radmeister
Could be twin charged, supercharged and turbo. A small supercharger for low end power and a big turbo for high boost. VW has that setup i believe on the 1.6L or 1.3 i forget. Nissan did it 10 years ago so its possible.
April 29, 2008 1:48 am
wisp
350bhp = 260Kw i believe. The question of sprint and top end speed should be in the way the power band is spread coz some cars have been known to kick ass as from as low as 1,500 revs all the way up to say 4,000 to 5,000 revs. Further more some have been known to have high torque and bhp but then thier cahsis should be able top manage all that power. This whole thiong is like various puzzles that you have to balance just so you get it right. Let's wait and see.
April 29, 2008 6:45 am
tootall
Good move with reducing the overall amount of pistons Audi, cause I think it just dose not make much sense to detune an engine of that size (4.2L), only to stuff into a car that size (RS4). Only because you would still have all that weight from the detuned 4.2L. So.... Good job on that. However, to me, it would have been better if the source of the force induction was via turbo. The 3.0L TFSI engine is not bad by itself anyway.
May 7, 2008 10:06 pm
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