NEW S4 info. This is credible technical department source.
04-15-2002, 02:19 PM
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NEW S4 info. This is credible technical department source.
-New S4 will be released in 15 months in the US (too long, I know)
-Engine will be roughly 360hp 4.2L V8 (roughly, as it has not been tested/tuned to US EPA specs yet), basically the same engine as the S8, but with cam chain on the backside of the motor. This motor ran 371 hp with S8 exhaust/computer control, more hp than the S8 due to new cam chain design. This motor will be lighter (about 23 lbs) than our 2.7T
-Car will have all aluminuim suspension, aluminum hood, fenders and rear decklid (trunk), making the total weight roughly 3470lbs, depending on options. Car will also have ligher weight glass, and magnesium frame seats.
-Car has been tested against the current E46 M3 (surprise, right! Audi owns three E46 M3's) and is faster everywhere.This was their goal. Car does 0-100KM (0-62mph) in 4.4 seconds and and the quarter in 13 flat at approx. 105 mph. Car is said to be faster than the M3 is Nurburgring by four seconds per lap, and just plain faster everywhere. Roll on, straight line, track time.
-Front brakes are six piston bremebos currently, but this may change
Some of you know I work closely with Audi on many project, and have come out with a lot of advanced info (the importation of the S4 Avant and the S8, for example). I have friends in Audi marketing in the US and AG, and spend a good amount of time at Nurburgring and stay at the Hotel Dorint, where all the development teams stay while at the 'Ring.
You can believe me or not, but this is accurate info, I promise.
Toasty and a few others on this site can attest to my car having some experimental parts directly from Audi in Ingolstadt (tranny parts) and my having many internal friends and phone #'s at audi. Take it or leave it, but this is the truth of what's coming as of now.
Mike S
-Engine will be roughly 360hp 4.2L V8 (roughly, as it has not been tested/tuned to US EPA specs yet), basically the same engine as the S8, but with cam chain on the backside of the motor. This motor ran 371 hp with S8 exhaust/computer control, more hp than the S8 due to new cam chain design. This motor will be lighter (about 23 lbs) than our 2.7T
-Car will have all aluminuim suspension, aluminum hood, fenders and rear decklid (trunk), making the total weight roughly 3470lbs, depending on options. Car will also have ligher weight glass, and magnesium frame seats.
-Car has been tested against the current E46 M3 (surprise, right! Audi owns three E46 M3's) and is faster everywhere.This was their goal. Car does 0-100KM (0-62mph) in 4.4 seconds and and the quarter in 13 flat at approx. 105 mph. Car is said to be faster than the M3 is Nurburgring by four seconds per lap, and just plain faster everywhere. Roll on, straight line, track time.
-Front brakes are six piston bremebos currently, but this may change
Some of you know I work closely with Audi on many project, and have come out with a lot of advanced info (the importation of the S4 Avant and the S8, for example). I have friends in Audi marketing in the US and AG, and spend a good amount of time at Nurburgring and stay at the Hotel Dorint, where all the development teams stay while at the 'Ring.
You can believe me or not, but this is accurate info, I promise.
Toasty and a few others on this site can attest to my car having some experimental parts directly from Audi in Ingolstadt (tranny parts) and my having many internal friends and phone #'s at audi. Take it or leave it, but this is the truth of what's coming as of now.
Mike S
04-15-2002, 02:24 PM
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July 2003 release date should make it a 2004 model...
...I guess you can count me down for a "clearance sale" 2005 model in the fall of 2005. I should have about 110,000 miles on my current S4 by then.
04-15-2002, 02:30 PM
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I'd believe the power before the brakes - Remember, we already have 4-pistons on ours....
or at least that's what the first US brochures said, although someone forgot to tell them in Germany to *actually* put them on the car, and thus 2-pistons we received.
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04-15-2002, 02:35 PM
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oh geez... my heartrate seriously jumped 40 beats a minute... i hope all you say is true =)
23lbs LIGHTER than 2.7T engine??? fyd!!!
4.4 and 13 quarter??? =D
faster than M3 in every way??? =D..... (<---drool)
4.4 and 13 quarter??? =D
faster than M3 in every way??? =D..... (<---drool)
