Budget quattro

[Ti Kan]

Brandon Rogers writes:
> For $1500 I think your best bet is to buy the latest, best condition 4000
> quattro you can find.  I drove a 4000s quattro for many years and I still
> miss it.  It was a great drivers car, great in the snow, was very
> dependable, and they still look good on the road today-if not dated.  The
> non turbo 2.2 (or 2.3 on some later cars) is very dependable.  And if I'm
> not mistaken, some of the '87 cars had a 130 hp motor, vs 115 for the
> earlier cars.

I believe that's a myth.  No one has seen a stock 2.3L 4Kq as yet.
The 2.3L was fitted to the 87.5 Coupe GT, but not on the 4Kq.  There
are some 2.3L transplanted 4Kqs around, though.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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