08-22-2006, 06:47 PM
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Spy Shots: Audi TT RS... that won't be made, info pg.2
 
Caught testing in Germany, this white prototype looks similar to the test hacks originally spied in Finnish cold-weather testing late last year. But under the skin, this machine features a more performance-focused package.
Details are still relatively scarce about the RS - but it is tipped to use a new twin-turbocharged version of the ubiquitous two-litre TSFI four-cylinder engine. No details on power output yet, but given that single-blower version of that unit already produce 250bhp, it's safe to expect a figure around, or in excess of, 300bhp. That will put the car at least 50bhp above the current range-topper, the 3.2-litre V6 model. The twin-turbo engine is likely to be mated to six-speed manual and S-tronic transmissions.
The TT RS is expected to break cover officially before the end of this year. It will be eagerly awaited by performance enthusiasts - unlike the original car, the new model has good enough driving dynamics to cope with the extra grunt.
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08-22-2006, 07:11 PM
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a 4 cylinder with more hp then a V6! I like that 8)
i bet tuners will be all over it in no time! 
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08-22-2006, 07:23 PM
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A twin-turbo 4 cylinder? Never heard of that being used...I would have that they would have used the varible turbo design used on the 911 turbo to keep turbo lag at minimal. I guess two small turbos would reduce turbo lag. Whatever, i'm not an engineer but i do find it odd.
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08-22-2006, 07:34 PM
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Yeah, twin turbo on an I4 sounds very strange. Maybe they're using a smaller turbo and a bigger turbo?
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08-22-2006, 07:38 PM
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maybe it's the same system we find on the Golf GT(170 hp) which has a superchager and a turbo...
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08-22-2006, 07:40 PM
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Should make for nice lag free fun. I wonder how hard the engine is being pushed...
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08-22-2006, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by nickthaskater
Should make for nice lag free fun. I wonder how hard the engine is being pushed...
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Not hard, supposedly they have huge expectations for the engine that they have already made clutches rated at 600hp for the GTI. Not that that means a whole lot, but people seem to be really hyped about it.
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08-22-2006, 09:09 PM
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Ah... the extreme hairdressing games pace car 
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08-22-2006, 10:32 PM
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Could these be pictures of something like TT S-Line or something else, though?
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08-23-2006, 09:35 AM
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there are also twinturbo subarus, with inline-4, there is nothing strange about that.
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08-23-2006, 10:16 AM
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heh, a TT RS, and the new TT hasn't even come on sale in Switzerland yet...
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08-23-2006, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RC45
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08-23-2006, 11:22 AM
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a 4 cylinder V4 would be coool .. 8) 
i like the loks of this car .... wayyy better then the old one .. .
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08-23-2006, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by inso
there are also twinturbo subarus, with inline-4, there is nothing strange about that.
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Suburus use Flat 4's...
either way, in any twin turbo system there is a small turbo that spins up very quickly, to minimize lag..
RC45, it's a pretty pace car though ain't it?
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08-23-2006, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
Ah... the extreme hairdressing games pace car |
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