Trabbi tuning: 270 hp in the Trabant 601s 4 × 4 "Turbo"!

Thomas Wachsmuth 24 November 2015 -> Cars from AZ, -> Tuner from AZ, Selfmade conversions / user pictures, Trabant, Videos

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Recently updated on May 4, 2022 at 12:08 p.m

Today we present you a tuned Trabant 601s (better known as Trabbi). Incidentally, after almost 10.000 tuning contributions, it is the first Trabant to be presented on tuningblog.eu, and what a! The car was not refined by a special tuning team, but received hundreds of hours of manual work by a private tuning fan in Poland. We found the story about the car on autoforum.cz, where the car is said to be based on a Trabant 1.1. I'm not so sure about that, because the 1.1 with the 1,1 liter VW Polo engine and 30KW/40PS had a different design in my opinion, especially on the taillights and the bumpers. And the Trabant 601s lettering wouldn't make any sense either. But it doesn't matter whether it's 1.1 or 601s...

Trabbi tuning with 270 PS & 369 NM

The crazy conversion is impressive across the board. Not only that a powerful Audi TT 1.8T turbo engine with an increase in output to a good 270 hp is now at work in the Trabbi, but the fact that the car has all-wheel drive and even working ABS & ESP is at least as impressive. Hats off to such a technical feat. The Trabbi is also visually excellent. A beautiful metallic finish underlines the elaborate body work with the conspicuous intercooler installed in the front and the crosshair headlights, as we also see them on the VW Golf I & II or modern ones Kahn Design Land Rover Defender know vehicles. We already know a few details about tuning and the installed parts on the Trabant 601s. What we were able to find out, we have listed below for you in a summary.

These are the details of the Trabant 601s:

4 × 4 all-wheel drive

16 inch steel rims in black
Intercooler in the front
Sports exhaust

new grille
tinted windows
unknown lowering

Audi TT (first generation) engine 1,8 20V Turbo with standard 225PS installed
Power increase to 199 kW (271 PS) at 5700 rpm & maximum torque: 369 Nm at 4.500 rpm. (Engine overhaul, new K04 turbocharger, larger injection nozzles, modified intake and exhaust valves, new engine management)
Extended wheel arches all around

Interior with parts from the Audi Regal of the US version of the Audi TT
Bucket seats from Bimarco
Weight approx kg 1120

new brake system (312 mm discs at the front and 256 mm at the rear - Audi)
Toyo T1R tire 195 / 45 R16 all around
ABS and ESP

Six-speed manual
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h: 4,5 seconds
Acceleration from 0 to 200 km / h: 15,5 seconds

V.-Max. approx. 270 km/h

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