【Speedhunters译起看车】奥迪S2姿态改装：精简即为王道
本专栏翻译自Speedhunters官网，本文原标题Less Is More At Ultimate Dubs，原作者Mario Christou
‘Second glance car’ is a name I’ve been using for years. I even made sure to work it into my first ever Speedhunters article back in 2019.
Plenty of cars receive fleeting second looks from passersby, but to me the term only applies to cars which pique interest on the first glance, then command your attention on the second.
“Second glance car”这个名字我已经用了很多年了。我甚至在2019年把它写进了我的第一篇《极速猎人》文章中。
这个词不是指那些路人匆匆看上一眼的车。对我来说，这个词只适用于那些第一眼先引起了你兴趣，然后再吸引你注意力的车。
To many people, Charlie Williams’ 1995 Audi S2 is ‘just another’ 1990s Audi lowered on a set of split rims. Whoop-dee-doo. Yet to those who who know a little about ’90s German performance cars, the changes Charlie has done to make this Audi his own stand out in a big way.
对很多人来说，查理•威廉姆斯(Charlie Williams)的1995年款奥迪S2只不过是上世纪90年代的一辆普通奥迪，只不过它的轮辋是分开的。然而，对于那些对90年代德国性能车有所了解的人来说，查理所做的改变使这辆奥迪在很大程度上脱颖而出。
Let’s start with those split rims: a classic set of OZ Futuras.To most, a set of 18-inch Futuras is somewhat rare but nothing to write home about. In Charlie’s case, however, he has taken a set of 17-inch wheels and stepped them up to 18×8.5-inch using new lips and barrels.
让我们从那些分裂的轮辋开始:一套经典的OZ Futuras。对大多数人来说，一套18英寸的Futuras虽然有点罕见，但也没什么可写的。然而，在查理的案例中，他选择了一组17英寸的车轮，并使用新的轮毂和轮毂将它们提升到18×8.5英寸。
Why don’t the wheels look stepped up though? Well, that would be because they have been converted from a ‘sandwich’ mount wheel to a ‘face-mounted’ wheel, meaning the lip and barrel now mount directly to the back of the wheel centre.
那么为什么车轮看起来并没有被刻意提高?好吧，那是因为查理将普通的“三明治式”轮子改成了“内向安装式”，这意味着较小的轮毂外侧现在位于车轮的内部。
But why even bother? Because Charlie wasn’t keen on the full lip being visible with the smaller 17-inch face. Face mounting the wheel centre in a dark satin grey hides almost two inches of brushed metal, bringing the wheels’ proportions back into balance.
为什么要进行如此麻烦的操作?因为就查理而言，他不喜欢突出的轮唇和17英寸的小轮面挤在一起。车轮表面的暗灰色装饰物隐藏了近两英寸拉丝金属，使车轮的比例回到平衡。
Behind the Futuras are Porsche 996 brake callipers for extra stopping power, while BC Racing coilovers and a suite of restored/uprated suspension arms, bushes and chassis components tighten up the handling of the nose-heavy coupé.
And it’s a rather pretty coupé, isn’t it? Even as an unconventionally shaped two-door car.
在Futuras的后面是保时捷996制动卡钳，以提供额外的制动力力，而BC Racing线圈和一套修复/升级的悬挂臂底盘组件加改良了头重脚轻的coupé设计。
这是一个相当漂亮的coupé，不是吗?即使是一辆造型奇特的双门车。
Being a retro five-cylinder Audi, you have an enormous front-overhang with a bluff nose. In this case, a nose with extra aggression thanks to a smoothed bumper, genuine Audi RS2 grille, custom S2 badge and a competition front lip.
作为一辆复古的五缸奥迪，这台车有着巨大的前悬和一个虚张声势的车头。在这种情况下，查理加上了光滑的保险杠，真正的奥迪RS2格栅，定制S2徽章和竞技前唇，使得车头更具有攻击性。
Follow the sharp (for the ’90s) shoulder line as your eyes make their way to the back of the S2 and you’ll find a pair of abnormally smooth mirrors for such a square car. Well, as per the other nods to the Audi RS2, Charlie has opted for a set of teardrop-shaped mirrors, á la Porsche 964.
当你的目光转向S2的后部时，你会发现作为一款方形汽车，它有着异常光滑的后视镜。好吧，为了全面对标奥迪RS2，查理选择了一套泪滴形后视镜，和保时捷964是同一款。
At the back is the epic wraparound rear lip spoiler, with a partial de-badge and stainless steel exhaust tips to tidy things up.This exhaust isn’t just for show. Thanks to an Audi RS2 turbo and exhaust manifold, larger intercooler, injectors a 3-inch valved turbo-back exhaust, this ’90s executive express now puts down 375hp and 404ft-lb of torque.
在后面是史诗般的环绕后唇扰流器，与部分de-badge和不锈钢排气设备。这种排气方式并不仅仅是为了展示。多亏了奥迪RS2涡轮增压和排气歧管，更大的中冷器和3英寸气门涡轮后排气，这款90年代的行政快车现在可以输出375马力和404英尺磅的扭矩。
But even the punchy power figure with rare parts is overshadowed by the S2’s interior.The grayscale colour palette makes them easy to overlook, but as a retro German tuning nerd a pair of period-correct Recaro A8s warm my heart.
但是，即便是这些昂贵而稀有的RS零件，也被S2出色的内饰所掩盖。灰色调色板使它们很容易被忽视，但作为一个复古的德国老车，一对完全合适的Recaro a8温暖了我的心。
The stickler for detail in me is even more impressed by the extent of the re-trim, with almost every major interior element having been wrapped in grey or black Alcantara.
作为一个注重细节的人，我对重新装饰的程度印象更深刻，几乎每个主要的内部元素都用灰色或黑色的Alcantara包裹。
It’s too easy to lose detail in such an interior, yet small touches such as the steering wheel ‘lines’, bright badges and glossy carbon fibre trim pieces contribute both a colour and textural contrast to the swathes of grainy Alcantara.
在这样的内饰中，很容易失去对细节的把控，但方向盘的“线条”、明亮的徽章和光滑的碳纤维饰件等小细节，都为粗糙的Alcantara材料带来了颜色和纹理的对比。
A Coolerworx tower shifter completes the interior, with custom gear linkage mating the shifter to the gearbox to shorten and tighten the gear changes. Charlie makes a point of the throw not having been shortened all that much upon first fitting, but with some fiddling and a custom-made trimmed panel the shifter now looks at home and feels sportier.
Coolerworx塔式换挡器组成了内部结构，自定义齿轮联动装置将换挡器与变速箱相匹配，以缩短和收紧换挡。查理指出，尽管并没有极大地缩短换挡时长，但与几乎不会被注意到的定制面板与移位器让车子的确更加运动了。
My favourite detail? The work that’s gone into the wheels. Not the finish or proportions, but the safety of the build. OZ Futuras do not have enough ‘inner flange’ to seat both the lip and barrel safely when face mounting the centre. To do so is risking sheared perimeter bolts and potential disaster.
我最喜欢的细节?绝对是对轮子的处理。不是成品的效果或大小比例，而是建造的安全性。OZ Futuras没有足够的“内法兰”，以确保在安装中心时嘴唇和桶的安全。这样做有被剪断周边螺栓和潜在灾难的风险。
In Charlie’s case, each wheel face was machined to accept press/bolt-in dowels, locating the face, lip and barrel safely and securely.
在Charlie的案例中，每个轮面都经过了加工，以接受压入/螺栓销钉，安全可靠地定位了轮面、轮唇和轮筒。
Charlie Williams’ Audi S2 is exactly my definition of a ‘second glance car.’ Not only did it steal my attention at Ultimate Dubs, it has yet to give it back.
查理•威廉姆斯(Charlie Williams)的奥迪(Audi) S2正是我对“第二眼车”的定义。“它不仅抢了我在Ultimate Dubs的注意力，而且还没有把我的注意力还给我。”
