Kai,
My TR6 is not near stock anymore. Much more than the simple K&N's,
Exhaust and lower profile tires that I mentioned before. Those mods were
all that it took to handle a stock Miata but I didn't stop there.
Imagine a TR6 with roughly the same H.P. and Torque figures as your
1.8T. Now look at the weight difference of the two cars. Are you
starting to get the picture?
Shawn Loseke
1972 TR6
Fort Collins, CO
"Kai M. Radicke" wrote:
>
> > I don't bother with Miata's anymore though. Last night I gave an
> > Audi TT owner a right good flogging. At the next opportunity the
> > Audi TT owner gave me a big thumbs up and a big smile. He
> > must have been another true car guy.
> >
> > Shawn Loseke
> > 1972 TR6
>
> WHAT! The only way an Audi TT would lose out to a TR6 is if the gearbox was
> stuck in 5th gear the entire time! I've got the 1.8T motor in my Jetta (the
> same exact engine configuration that is in the base TT, both rated at
> 180hp), and there is no way a TR6 could outpace my car, let alone a TT!
> Even if he had the Tip gearbox, which I have as well, he still wouldn't have
> lost out. The torque spread on the 1.8T engine is marvelous, 174lb/ft from
> 1950RPM all the way through 5500RPM... and boy do you feel it.
>
> I don't know what was plaguing that TT owner, but in the real world, TR6s do
> not beat Audi TTs.
>
> Kai
> 2002 VW Jetta 1.8T (trading up to a 2003 GTI)
> 1973 Triumph TR6 (waiting in Canada for me)
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