2.3L NG conversion in my 84 4KQ

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Its an '86 BTW bro!

Yup, it was a good swap and a good time, a 2 day engine conversion hurricane!  Thank God for the pizza and lemonade that nourished us!  BTW-we only swapped in the bottom end, but left the JT inductions system as is, the best way to do it I belive, no real advantage to swapping in all the NG head stuff too.

For others who  are also considering this swap, a few pointers to make it easier for now, and the future:

-Pull the battery tray and move the battery to the trunk, makes accessing the downpipe, tranny bolts, and even CIS airbox much easier.
-We cut out the upper support, but left the lower support intact, the engine easily raises out the top with the lower core suppport in place.  I modifed the cut out piece to neatly, and strongly bolt back into place, maybe Peymon will take some pics??

-We pulled the AC, raised the front of the car over 1" so now we will put in coilovers to even things out.  You may NEED the AC in other climates, but in Ca its not too bad, and its a pleasure to work on the car without condensors, compressors, and lines getting in the way.

Javad

In a message dated Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:40:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ReD4000QuATTRo at aol.com writes:

> Hey Listers!
> 
> Last weekend was a glorious weekend for my 1986 4KQ!  Friday night my brother, Javad (80tq.com), and I set out to drop in a 2.3L NG bottom end with my 4KQ ported head and a 270degree cam shaft in my tired old Audi.  After a few trips back and forth to our local hardware store, we pulled out the old 2.2L and carefully dropped in the beautiful new engine.  The engine had come off Javad's 80 with 80,000 miles on it, so we replaced the seals, lifters, valve springs, and gaskets.  I just wanted to drop you all a quick email telling you how cool of an experience it was and what a great feel the car has after the swap.  Thanks to Huw's and many other lister's websites that showed us great pointers and tips.  And if you ever see a loud, bright red Audi putting around in the Bay Area, feel free to throw a hand and wave!
> 
> Peymon
> 1986 4KQ 2.3L