Why Is The 2.0 FSI (AWA) More Powerful Than The 2.0 ALT?

[ChronowerX_GT]

Just curious. I have a B7 which only came with the petrol ALT engine but the B6 had both. The AWA is about 20bhp more powerful 128 vs 147. I can't seem to see any major differences and was wondering if maybe the parts are interchangeable to get a bit of a power boost. Info on these engines seems hard to come by.

 

[QuattroCalum]

Just curious. I have a B7 which only came with the petrol ALT engine but the B6 had both. The AWA is about 20bhp more powerful 128 vs 147. I can't seem to see any major differences and was wondering if maybe the parts are interchangeable to get a bit of a power boost. Info on these engines seems hard to come by.

The 2.0 FSI engine is direct injection which improves performance and economy over the indirect injection 2.0 ALT engine.

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[ChronowerX_GT]

Ah right. It's strange that the AWA got dropped with the B7 considering it was more economical. Was there reliability issues with it or something? I believe that the ALT is pretty robust (even if mine likes to drink a bit of oil).

 

[QuattroCalum]

The only thing I can think of is that it wasn't popular enough to continue to offer it but only Audi will know the answer.

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[Nollywood]

The B7 1.8T replaced the B6 2.0 FSI.

In some countries, the B7 was also available with the 2.0 20V motor, as fitted to the previous 8E model, the B6.