All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi

[Rave Racer 2000]

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
To: Rave Racer 2000 <Ravewar at home.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: All Wheel Steer was Audi vs Subi


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> Rave Racer 2000 wrote:
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> >         Wasn't the 2.0L 16V offered over there?  I think that was 132hp
> > w/cat.
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> The 2,0 16v was available in the 1991-94 Passat GL & GT and Corrado with
136
> hp, and in the Golf 3 GTI 16V and Passat GT 1994-1997 with 150 hp.
>
        The 16V was in the Golf  MK3?  Not here.  The A3 Golf GTI's had the
VR6's in them when they came out, but otherwise were just 2.0 8V's until
that time.  Our Passats didn't have 150hp!  I wish!  I think that the
restrictions on our Passats suffocated them quite a bit.  Out Corrado's only
came out later then Europe when the G60's were made available, we never got
the 16V Corrado.  That would have been cool to work on and simpler for the
backyard tuners.  I still find myself explaining the strange setup of the
VR6 to experienced mechanics.  Simple minds don't seem to be able to grasp
how it could work and accuse me of not knowing what I'm talking about.

> The G60 was available in the Golf GTI, the Rallye Golf, the Corrado and
the
> Passat GT Syncro. The latter were sold in a few handfulls in Canada.
>
        I've heard of people importing the Rallye golf but I've never seen
one.  We never got any of the AWD VW's on the smaller frames, and the
Quantum is rare in any of the setups that it came in.  Again, I've never
seen the Syncro Passats but have heard of them in their rarity.

                    RR