Strange test drive

[Richard J. Andrews]

At 05:06 PM 7/12/01, you wrote:
sounds like there are some problems with this vehicle...
factory boost on my dad's 91 20v 200q is 1.7-1.8 and
this should hit in second gear by 2200RPM... under full throttle
and this is on a stock 200 20vt..

Stage 2 should have some SERIOUS performance..
sounds like there are definately some issue with this car..
they could be as simple as vacuum leaks...
but you never know..

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq

>Hi,
>
>I don't know how best to explain this but here goes....
>
>I currently have a 5000cstq which I love.  By accident I found a
>'91 20020v avant for sale, so I figured, what the heck, I'll
>have a look.
>
>Now the guy selling it tells me that he has the Stage II chip
>in it, but the boost gauge (standard Audi boost gauge) only
>goes up to 1.7 and you need to do special wiring for it to register
>beyond that.  I don't know any better until I do more research,
>so I say "Ok" and take this thing for a spin.
>
>Slugish.  That is all I can say.  So, I think something is very
>very wrong here.  From everything that I have read the 200 20v
>should be much much faster than my unmodified 5000cstq, but
>it wasn't!  And the boost gauge never read past 1.5.
>
>So my question is: If this does really have the Stage II chip
>in it, is that correct what was stated about the boost gauge?
>And even then, why the hell did it feel like I was driving an
>old Nissan 4 cyl. truck instead of a wonderful Audi?
>
>--
>nkb
>'86 5000cstq
>'02 WRX