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

[Stott Hare]

Actually...
  The Lightwight received an upgrade late in January.  In hopes of making
the CO Q Club Steamboat Winter Driving School event, the 2.3l was removed
and an MC1 was put in it's place.  Combined with some QLCC code, a modified
K24, an intercooler many mistake for a radiator (it's pretty big), and the
flow master/straight pipe exhaust combo exiting the passenger side of the
vehicle... it really scoots right along.  When we did the install, we also
swapped over to 5 bolt hubs, G60s, and Fuchs with some Hakka 10 knockoffs.
A fun car in every respect, and the light weight shell is working out as a
great test bed for different engineering concepts.

  Enjoy your revived 4kq.

Later!
-S

Stott Hare
85 Callaway 4ktq     89 200q     89 100q


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Brendan/Coolian
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:24 PM
To: Ti Kan
Cc: Quattro List
Subject: Re: It's official, a 2.3 4000 quattro is amazing....



> >To sum up, I (a very general "I") took a 2.3 NF-code engine from an 88
5000
> >quattro, had it rebuilt, and reassembled it. Then I threw it into my 4kq
> >and started it up. What a difference!
>
>You said you didn't switch harnesses or ECUs.  This means you're now
>running the high compression motor without the factory knock sensing
>system...  Perhaps in cool climates that's fine, but detonation is
>likely in hot conditions!  Premium fuel and perhaps some octane booster
>are a must now to get a better margin of safety.

I always run 93+ octane....never heard of a problem in a hot climate...A
few others have done this with no prob w/o switching the harness....I know
Semple runs his lightweight with the same deal as mine.

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