this guy made toyotas look crappy..., trecel turbo dynoed at 110 hp?!? Options

[easternpiro1]

here in charlotte its known that there will be something poppin on a nice saturday night. last weekend was no different except it was a dyno night. there were alot of nice cars out there! some guy from HIN brought his black emotion nissan z out and there were a couple supras...but what caught my atteniton was a little grey trecel. i go over to one of the dyno operators and ask what engine it is, he says something about a 4e and its a starlett engine swap from japan...uh okay...never heard of a starlett. but anyway, he completes the dyno test and only 110 hp pops up the guy looked pretty disappointed and i was stupified. is it me or is something terribly wrong here? the guy says his fuel was too rich but i call bs. it was a turbo but it was putting the same hp as my car (st)
someone please clarify what a starlett engine is because i would expect more out of an engine thats turboed.

now i want to race him....for sh!!ts and giggles...

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Aug 29, 2005 - 12:17 PM

[bonzaisushi]

i still think german cars fall behind in alott of things, like reliablity. after having various benz/bmw's in the family i just wasnt pleased, the second we got a lexus 430... all those problems we had to worry about with the german cars went away. i think its easy to pull power out of any motor. have you dynoed your audi? thats impressive.

[Illyont]

i still think german cars fall behind in alott of things, like reliablity. after having various benz/bmw's in the family i just wasnt pleased, the second we got a lexus 430... all those problems we had to worry about with the german cars went away. i think its easy to pull power out of any motor. have you dynoed your audi? thats impressive.
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I haven't dynoed it yet, as I have not swapped the engine yet I will though, as soon as the money and the details are in place. I have found a workshop nearby that will do the swap. Working on some ECU/electronic stuff right now, and I also need to find a mint condition engine (1.8T).. I will probably dyno the original 2.0 NA engine some day though, to see before/after numbers.

You mention reliability on Mercedec and BMWs.. I have never owned any of those, but I know a ****load of people who do.. And they all have problems. I know without doubt that any Audi will fall apart alot faster than most Toyotas, but compared to Mercedes and BMW I have to say.. Most people I know with Audis hardly have problems (with newer cars! Old cars have lots of problems all the time). So I'm crossing my fingers for the Audi If it breaks atleast I have tried it.. I can easily switch back if I'm not happy.