4kq turbo project- clutch questions

[Ameer Antar]

ya, quattros are almost 300 lbs. heavier. I think they really brought 
quattros to the 5k, b/c they thought it would be a really big selling 
factor, and their experience on the ur-q made it possible. They were right, 
now quattro is what audi is known for. Too bad they didn't have quattro pre 
'86, but maybe they hadn't had the chance to fine-tune the system for the 
5k till later.

-ameer


At 04:14 PM 11/4/00, you wrote:
>Guess they changed their minds for the laters years, then.
>
>2WD turbos are _fast_.
>
> > Audi felt w/o quattro the turbo engine made too much torque and would
> > suffer from traction issues, so they only used an A/T and specific final
> > drive ratio so that the car didn't loose traction while accelerating too
> > much. They only offered manual later on when they brought quattro to the
> > 5k. In '84-'85 there was no quattro.