5000S Upgrade to Quattro

[Ken Keith]

Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen at c2i.net> wrote (editted):
>
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:28:09 -0800, you wrote (editted):
> >
> >Anyway, what I'd like to do is find a wrecked 5k Quattro, and convert 
> >mine to a quattro. The roads don't get bad here all that often, but I 
> >have a long, steep, and currently icy driveway that my car is parked at 
> >the bottom of. I'd love to be able to go up it even in the snow.
> 
> It's certainly possible, but it will require major welding in the
> floor. For some reason, Audi made different floors in the quattro and
> non-quattro cars, so you just can't bolt on the quattro rear
> suspension and drivetrain.. 
> 
> My advice would be to find a 5kq/5ktq in good shape and buy it. Those
> cars don't cost much these days..
> 
> But then, if you are very good at welding (or know someone that is),
> you can try a conversion, I know that it have been done, but be
> prepared - lot of work! 

For that amount of work, I would do it for a different car, and make 
something that doesn't even exist.  Like a 5+5 quattro (turbo!), or a 
quattro Coupe GT (I know these exist in Europe).  Something along 
those lines.  Synchro Corrado?

5kq/5ktq are cheap and available.  I would just buy one, and put 
my good parts on it.

I once went to look at a Coupe GT as a parts car.  It turned out to 
be nicer than my existing Coupe GT.  So, it became the car to 
keep, and I sold the other one.

Food for thought.  I know what it's like to get attached to a car.

Later,

Ken