[200q20v] 4KQ Vs coupe exhaust diffs

Fundsalo Racing fundsaloracing at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 13 07:26:46 EDT 2001


I believe you are correct. VWQS had 4KQ driveline.
Very similar cars mechanically. Almost a 4KQ wagon!

-glen

OOOO


--- DAK <dak-ignore at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Guys,
> I'm pretty sure that he old VW Quantum Syncro had
> the 5-3-1 deal. I 
> talked my dad into one of these in the early 90's
> and he had it for a 
> couple of years (from 150K to almost 200K miles). I
> assumed this was the 
> Audi 4000 Q gear.
> 
>    David
> 
> Fundsalo Racing wrote:
> 
> > Yes, exactly. I checked my two prime sources for
> > period information (Jeremy Walton's quattro book
> and
> > Brooklands on quattros). The only relevant
> reference I
> > found with a quick squint was that the Euro coupe
> made
> > 130 and the Euro 80Q made 136 and the difference
> was
> > due to the 5-onto-3-into-1 Vs the 5-into-2-into-1
> and
> > that there was no weight penalty for the upgrade.
> > Also, torque was higher and at a lower RPM with
> the
> > 5-into-3-into-1 piece. (US-spec coupe was 110HP
> and
> > 4KQ 115HP, not from those references, from memory)
> > 
> > -glen
> > 
> > OOOO
> > 
> > 
> > --- Edward J Kellock <ekellock at juno.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Did ya ever think that it was their original
> >> intention to have the
> >> 4kq as fast as the Coupe GT, but later, like 3
> years
> >> later (in US time)
> >> they decided to go ahead and let go of that idea
> and
> >> put out the
> >> 87.5 CGT to show off their new engine a little
> early
> >> and move the
> >> last few CGT's of the lots in the US?
> >> 
> > <snippage>
> > 
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