Nah, its actually kinda cool driving around town off-boost. In my 931 I get like 30MPG off boost and only 18 on boost, so I like to cruise it. Having the boost come on at around 3000-3500 in a 1.8T would put it right at or just above cruising speed, so it would be a bit of a bitch to get moving in a hurry without a downshift, but hey, thats why they make transmissions :) If the area under the torque curve truly was showing only 50HP then, yes that would be undriveable as you would HAVE to keep the R's up to generate enough torque to get moving. I think a 300HP 1.8T with a T3/T4 on it wouldnt lag that bad, probably on par with a 930 like you mentioned. You also get used to driving a turbo in traffic, you get used to pinning the throttle to the floor 2 seconds early in anticipation of the next opening in traffic, ETC. YMMV.
Jay 77 924 (VW killer ;) 81 931 (///M3 Killer... yah right.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Radelow <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: Re: OT: Reasons for 1.8T swap > Call me crazy...but don't the 300+hp 1.8t's have horrible lag. The only way > you can get that kind of power is by running a huge amount of boost which > means a huge turbo which means huge lag. Which basically makes it > undrivable day to day. I remember looking at the hp curve for EIP's turbo > VR6 (the one with like 550hp). It wasn't making ANY power below 3000rpm and > I mean nothing...like less than 50hp. How in the world is that drivable??? > I mean I have driven a 930 and that was bad enough. > > Mark > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
