4kq turbo project- clutch questions

[J Mawhinney]

There was definitely an '86 5kt with a five speed manual as a friend of mine
just bought and sold one.  Definitely a rare bird in this country though.

Jason Mawhinney

----- Original Message -----
From: "urquattro" <urquattro at phoenixdsl.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: 4kq turbo project- clutch questions


> ... well, I did a bit of poking around myself ... In "A50T" ... which
shows
> from '80 to '88 ...
>
> If one checks the years prior to 1984 the only tranny option was automatic
> ... but from 1984-on the 5-speed is listed ... seems to me that one or
more
> of the beasts may have made it to this side of the pond.  Since the "5000"
> model wasn't used in Europe it does indicate that they were indeed here in
> the USA.
>
> The reason a FWD turbo will seem to be quicker is a lot more than the
> difference in weight ... since you can break the wheels loose the engine
> will get up into the power band sooner ... fine if you want it I suppose,
> but I prefer to wait a second and not have to worry about torque steer ...
>
> ... can't say I've ever seen one myself (have seen a surprisingly high
> number of NA FWD 5-speeds though) ... but if I see a post from someone on
> the list who said they saw them when they were new I would tend to believe
> them ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> > to end this controversy, please go to the $#@% [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.
>
>