4kq turbo project- clutch questions

[Ameer Antar]

to end this controversy, please go to the etka [family album] and look at 
5000 turbo quattro. You will notice it is only from '86-'88. Maybe this was 
a conversion or maybe Audi had some test vehicles around in '84-'85, but it 
wasn't stock.

-ameer

At 04:35 PM 11/4/00, you wrote:
>Ameer Antar writes:
>  > That manual KH engine must have been a conversion.  I found 4 links of
>  > people just in CT who did this very thing. If you look in the Bentley, or
>  > do any part look ups, there are no manual tranny's available for the 
> turbo.
>  > 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.
>  >
>  > So I think the only option is a '86-'88 5kt/tq flywheel. www.woodfins.com
>  > can sometimes get good prices on lot's of different parts. Also worth 
> a try
>  > is Dad's in CA or www.car-part.com
>
>Sorry, there were 5kt with KH and manual trans original equipment. Not
>common but they did exist. I rode in one that was brand new in the mid
>80's sometime. There have been listers who have owned this unique
>vehicle.
>
>David