re. 4kq 2.3 engine rebuild....

[Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)]

Brendan,

You may want to refer to the writeup on my site of my work in progress -
Project GTQ: http://www.homestead.com/Ben_Swann/myaudi.html  It is very
similar to what you want to undertake.  The cost right now is somewhere
aroune $1500 - I can provide you with a spreadsheet of the details if you
like.   This is for me doing most/all of the work myself.

I am dealing with the head removal on out, as the engine really did not
require rebuilding, esp. the bottom end.   Bottom end work would probably
double the cost.

The project has not gone far lately, but the groundwork for the project has
been laid out - parts, tools, etc.

Now all I need is the time.

Regards,

Ben Swann
'85 4000 CS Quattro - "Project GTQ" - 87.5 GT COUPE 2.3  engine recipient  -
maybe by next spring
'87 5000 CS Turbo Quattro Wagon - 2 Bar spring and S-Knob.- getting ready to
replace the resistor mod with QLCC chip.
'89 100 Quattro - Car looks great after compounding paint!
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Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 22:53:43 -0500
To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
From: Brendan/Coolian <coolian at mediaone.net>
Subject: 4kq 2.3 engine rebuild....

         Going to be abandoning the trusty 2.2l inline 5 that came with my 
4kq (JT code) and upgrading to a sweet 2.3 NF out of a 90. But first, I 
have to get the thing rebuilt....I'm going to need opinions on what needs 
to be done, what I should look out for, any caveats I may encounter, what 
wiring issues I may run into...

Thanks go out to Chris Semple for providing the engine at a very low cost 
to me...coughcough www.Force5Auto.com coughcough and to Huw and Nate, 
because hopefully, they're going to help me put the engine in...

Now, I'll have a 2 3 4 5....

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Brendan Barry
http://www.endosquid.com/audi
Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Audi 4000 quattro - "Suzanne"
* Red\Leather/Bitchy *