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

Tue Apr 10 23:39:12 EDT 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at mediaone.net>
> well, it's just about impossible to remove/install a complete i5 from
> the top, and it's a bigger job and PITA to drop it with the tranny from
> the bottom.  Solution?  Cut out center support (the front cross members)
> and reinstall with mending plates and bolts.  engine goes in and out
> like a breeze.

Almost _exactly_ what Audi did sometime around 86-87.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine