I raced my friend who has a first gen Audi TT quattro with the 1.8l turbo. Its bone stock and has higher mileage [110,000 i think]. Its a 2001. Its manual trans.

From a roll of about 40 he took me by about 3/4 a car length.

From about 5 it was real even, with me gaining slightly to about 40, and him gaining til about 80 and then evening out with me slightly ahead by 105.

 

yea the L03 is not good with rolling starts..... its a good dig car out of the hole but thats about it.

 

Unlss the TT is AWD and standard...

 

Im pretty sure their AWD and if by standard you mean manual, then yeh his is standard.

 

Thats what I mean, my car is a heavier version of the AWD 1.8T.

 

I had a friend with an Audi TT Turbo, same engine, manual... and that thing ran like a raped ape... he had a few mods, but it seems faster than my 91 TPI 5 Speed, Hooker 2055's, Flowmaster 3" exhaust, etc... Though we never raced...

 

Depends on his mods, simple stuff net big gains. My friend added a diverter valves, chip, and intake and picked up 35+ whp (about 20-22% power increase).

 

Well my friends has higher miles, so idk if its running in tip top shape. And its totally stock. But id recken you would take at least a stock Audi TT turbo easily if i was running nearly neck and neck with him.

 

My cousin as the turbo 1.8T AWD Audi, mostly stock, and we race around quite a bit, usually we're pretty even. Here is a thread from this summer with some of our races...

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/theo...tion-audi.html

 

Was it a 6 speed or 5 speed manual? The 6 has 225hp and the 5 has 180. But I think the Quattro comes standard with the 6 speed/225hp combo...

 

Its the 225hp version, its a 6spd. Only mods at the time were a lightweight flywheel and crazy stage four clutch - I drove it, it feels pretty quick, but race after race were are dead even.

 

Dont know who you were asking.

But im pretty sure my friends is a 5-speed. Which is weird since it has Quattro badges on it?

 

Yeah sorry my question was directed to you.

Im almost certain you could only get the 5 speed with FWD, and in which case it only makes 180hp.

 

Im really not 100% sure. All I know is its stick [pretty sure its 5-speed] and that it says Quattro on it, lol.
If its the FWD 180hp one, then that would make sense as to how I kept up with him so good.

I thought the 250hp TT came with the VR6 engine?
Because I know my friend has the 1.8L turbo

 

The first gen TTs came with 2 different awd power plants, 180hp NA 1.8L, and the tubro 225hp 1.8L. The VR6 powered TT you speak of is the 3.2, which came along a few years later. 5spd was the only transmission for the FWD and AWD non-turbo cars, the 6spd came only with the AWD turbo.

 

Hmm, you can hear his turbo though, so I know its the turbod one. So I guess it is a 6-speed then, I must have been mistaken.

 

*BZZZZTTTT* incorrect sir.

The 180hp version is a 1.8 turbo which is based off the K03 turbo and possesses a single side mount intercooler. The 225hp version is based off of the 1.8 turbo with a K04-20 turbo, more boost, twin side mount intercoolers and a more aggressive chip.

The 5-speed came in FWD and 180hp AWD versions.

The 6-speed ONLY came in the 225 AWD versions.

 

Take it from the VW guy, he probably knows.

 

There you got the info straight. The two different motors do have a relatively big difference in acceleration though.