It's official, a 2.3 4000 quattro is amazing....

[Brendan/Coolian]

>I have always felt that the high compression NF/NG engine is all too often
>overlooked in favor of the turbos.  In stock trim the NF/NG doesn't have
>that much less HP than the MC ... and there's no worries about turbo lag.

Huw always says "there's no replacement for displacement" and I'm agreeing 
with him. That extra little oompf really makes a difference...

>Sure the MC can go over 200HP ... but it does take work ... and as you wrote
>it sounds the NF/NG is a much simpler transplant ... especially into the 4kQ
>... no special airbox mods, no bent tie rods ... no figuring out the core
>support and where to mount the IC ...

It really was easy...Well, easy is so subjective...It was so simple if the 
car and parts were new, but 15 years of rust and nasty funk made it very 
NOT easy...


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Brendan Barry
http://www.endosquid.com/audi
Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Audi 4000 quattro - "Suzanne"
* Red\Leather/Bitchy *
--Now using an NF-code Smurf engine--