[200q20v] 4KQ Vs coupe exhaust diffs

Charles Baer charlie at istari.com
Fri Apr 13 10:52:51 EDT 2001


I have vivid recollections of going outside to look at a coworkers
new synchro wagaon and except for the cardboard cover in front of
the radiator and the brake cylinder, I would have thought I was
looking at my 4KQ.

Charlie


Fundsalo Racing wrote:
> 
> 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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