[ba] Intro; quattro seeks abuse

[Dave Haupt]

I echo Steve's comments re: plopping in an MC instead
of doing an aftermarket turbo.

Over the years, I have driven many add-on turbo kits. 
They all suffer from one malady or another.  In
general, they do not have the driveability of a
"genuine" turbo motor.  One of the major differences
is that the MC engines included knock sensors, so Audi
could do a bit of boost push safely.  Even up through
1987, the N/A 5 cyl in the 4000Q had no knock sensor. 
And AFAIK, none of the aftermarket turbo kits included
one.  The other thing you need to consider very
carefully is whether you want to add a turbo to your
how old I5?

The 2Bennett $8000 upgrade includes an OVERHAULED
turbomotor.  For $2k more, you can even get the 20V. 
Those were the prices last time I spoke with them.

I saw one of the upgrades they did.  You'd never know
the car wasn't a turbo stock.  I have a few modified
cars here, and my experience says that if the car
appears as if it probably came that way, you'll pass
smog.  I even have a car with headers, two cats & twin
pipes, where stock was a single exhaust and single
cat.  They don't question it.  I'm convinced it's
because I did not go with bright shiny pipes - the
headers are just a tad rusty, as are the cats.

I can't answer the question about events.  The time I
might spend on rallies and the like is all spent
renovating the only house in the county that I could
afford that wasn't in a neighborhood where I was
afraid I'd get shot at.  Unfortunately I guessed wrong
on that last bit, having been shot at a few days
ago!!!  Thankfully it was a nominally benign weapon,
being air-propelled.

Dave


--- "Buchholz, Steven"
<Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> wrote:
> > I've come for advice about the future of Helmut
> der quattro, my 84 
> > 4000. He's got >200,000 miles, some body damage
> and quite a bit of 
> > wear and tear, but still runs well. I've started
> to modify it for off 
> > road use, but wondering how much use I'll get out
> of it. Are there 
> > rally races around here? Anybody know how to get a
> 4000 with a turbo 
> > to pass a smog test without establishing residency
> in Nevada? What 
> > other bay area cops will pull you over just for
> driving a yellow car 
> > (besides Palo Alto)? Is Huw on this list? If
> you're wondering whether 
> 
> ... to start with the last question ... no, I doubt
> that Huw monitors this
> list.  I think he lives back east somewhere.  
> 
> ... to answer the turbo question ... from what I
> understand you can add a
> turbo to the stock engine, but I'd imagine the
> amount of testing you'd need
> to do to satisfy the CARB regulators might be
> excessive.  What others have
> done is to drop in a similar stock turbocharged
> engine from a turbocharged
> Audi.  The CARB rules do allow you to install an
> engine from a car that is
> no older than the model of the rest of the car.  For
> instance you could swap
> an engine from a 1984 5000 turbo into your car as
> long as you retained all
> of the smog control features.  I think the most
> popular swap is for the "MC"
> code turbocharged engine from the '86-'91 type 44
> (5000/200) cars.  I know
> of one person in this area who recently did this to
> his 4000Q ...
> 
> As to local rally events, I think I'd point you to
> the SCCA to see how many
> local RallyCross events there are.  This is
> something I would be interested
> in knowing more about as well, but I've never had
> the discretionary time to
> check into it.  I've gotta believe that with cars
> like the ScoobyDoo WRC
> hitting our shores that interest in this will only
> be picking up ...
> 
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
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