Strange test drive

[edkellock at juno.com]

I went from a '87 5kcstq with with the IA chip to a stock 20v Avant.
The 5kcstq was marginally faster than the stock Avant.  Then I installed
the Stage 3 IA chip in the Avant and there was no comparison.

IA makes a Stage 1, 2, and 3 that don't require any hardware changes.

Was the Stage 2 of IA persuasion or other?

Ed
Colorado Springs

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:06:31 -0400 Noelle Beaudin <nobeau at tcnow.com>
writes:
> 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
> 
> 
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