034 turbo back on 200q20v? (firtment, instead of an S4/6)

Fri Jan 14 14:04:40 PST 2011

I only use it when I detect a leak, 2 or 3 times so far in 230K miles.

On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:01 PM, PeterBergin at aol.com wrote:

> I second the snake oil, 239k use it every oil change, in all cars  
> and boats.
> Pete
>
> In a message dated 1/14/2011 1:11:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> b.benz at charter.net writes:
> Ken,
> Give those leaking rotary shaft seals the Snake Oil treatment. Mine
> are original at 230K and still running dry. Clutch also.
>
> Bernie
>
> 2
> On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:52 AM, <auditude at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, my 200q20v has a leak apparently coming from the rear main
> > seal.  Even worse is that the clutch seems pretty good, it engaged
> > low near the floor and isn't hard to depress, which to mean means
> > it's still pretty meaty and may have been changed.  So either their
> > didn't change the rear main seal or when they did they screwed it
> > up.  Putz!  lol  I was considering just replacing just the seal to
> > save the clutch money for other stuff, which is potentially putzy
> > move, but it would come out of my own hobby labor rather than a
> > maintenance budget.
> >
> > So was the 034 200q20v a "one-off" build or is it something they
> > are offering?  I could not find it on the website.  You had it
> > installed for fitment testing and then gave it back to them?   So
> > they might have a prototype bouncing around?
> >
> > Did it drone?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kenneth
> >
> > ---- robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> the 034 200q20v turboback is proprietary to the 200q20v. i know
> >> this because
> >> they used my car to design the exhaust ;-)
> >>
> >> i didn't buy it to keep it on the car because i was already angry
> >> at the car for
> >> pissing oil all over my garage and having to replace the cam and
> >> crank seals.
> >> not really the car's fault because the previous owner replaced the
> >> timing belt
> >> 10k miles ago BUT did not replace the seals nor the waterpump and
> >> roller. putz!
> >>
> >> but the notion of blowing another grand on top of the repair  
> bill was
> >> prohibitive at the time. i do wish i kept the exhaust in
> >> retrospect though. not
> >> sure how much they want for the turboback now - this was in 2008.
> >>
> >> see ya,
> >> Robby
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: "auditude at cox.net" <auditude at cox.net>
> >> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> >> Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 9:36:54 AM
> >> Subject: 034 turbo back on 200q20v? (firtment, instead of an S4/6)
> >>
> >> Referencing this thread from last month, has anyone installed an
> >> 034 turbo back
> >> exhaust on a 200q20v?  It's designed for a  C4 S4/S6, which from
> >> the Stromung
> >> discussions has a different tailpipe location from the 200q20v but
> >> is otherwise
> >> close enough.
> >>
> >>
> >> Is the tailpipe location issue the same as with the Stromung, or
> >> does 034 have
> >> some sort of a 200q20v-specific exhaust that I can't find on their
> >> website?
> >> Robby's post sounds as if there might be a variation specifically
> >> for the
> >> 200q20v.
> >>
> >> The 034 tailpipes look like they are slipped over the dual outlets
> >> of the
> >> Magnaflow muffler and welded directly to the back plate of the
> >> muffler body.  If
> >> there isn't already an accomodation for the 200q20v then it would
> >> be cool to be
> >> able to get the exhaust without the tips welded on (I'd still like
> >> to have the
> >> tips).  I noticed in the pics that the welds for the tips don't
> >> appear to be
> >> quite as awesome-looking (or at least not like the tiny perfect
> >> bicycle frame
> >> style welds) at the closeup pics of the downpipe welds at the WG
> >> merge joint,
> >> for example, so maybe they are put on at the end (of the process
> >> that is, ha ha)
> >> or manually or something.
> >>
> >> One more question, which maybe I'll find a answer better on
> >> Motorgeek, but with
> >> all the revisions to the Stromung system to elminate drone, how
> >> does the 034
> >> system fare for exhaust drone?  It just has just the one muffler
> >> at the end.
> >> The 034 system seems less expensive than the Stromung prices I'd
> >> heard from
> >> earlier group buys.
> >>
> >> I'm curious at the moment because there's another round of
> >> Stromung group buy
> >> going around and I'm asking myself the question about whether I
> >> want one for a
> >> 200q20v.  In upgrading a 200q20v, I prefer the mods to be
> >> transferrable to an
> >> urS-car in case I get one someday (and if I do that I'll want the
> >> tips to look
> >> as clean/original/unmodified as I can get them, but I'm thinking I
> >> can't have it
> >> both ways).
> >>
> >>
> >> Speaking of that, does anyone have any pics of an unmodified
> >> Stromung on a
> >> 200q20v?  I know Taka had one on his car but he had extended the
> >> tips, and I
> >> don't recall seeing how that looked.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Kenneth
> >>
> >> robert weinberg centaurus3200 at yahoo.com wrote:
> >>
> >> "the 034 turbo back for the 200q20v is about $1k plus
> >> installation, i believe.
> >> it
> >>
> >> is California legal. my guess is that they can use any cat with
> >> their exhaust -
> >> not just ones that will fit audi exhausts. hence the cats are
> >> cheaper."
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