K26 in '87 5ktq? and ECU

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Oh, shucks, sorry to foil your plan  =)
Javad

In a message dated Wed, 24 Oct 2001  3:59:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Swann, Benjamin R.  (BSWANN)" <BSWANN at arinc.com> writes:

> Javad, 
> 
> It was not intended to be taken seriously - notice I follwed up by asking
> where the turbo is, so I could save Jason the aggravation of buying the used
> turbo by getting it for myself.
> 
> Jason, in case you didn't read my sarcasm, I was kidding.  By all means, get
> the turbo - I bought one used for far more (of course it came with manifold
> and downpipe.  Anyway, yes it is a good deal, that is if the impeller is not
> frozen/spins freely.
> 
> And if you find that one is not so good, then I have one that is all cleaned
> up. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JShadzi at aol.com [mailto:JShadzi at aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:30 PM
> To: BSWANN at arinc.com; jason_chad at hotmail.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com; beattyr at ummhc.org
> Subject: RE: K26 in '87 5ktq? and ECU 
> 
> 
> > On second thought, don't use that used K26, as it >is a risky endeavour -
> 
> Why do you say that?  The watercooled K26's are amazingly reliable IME, I
> have used plenty of "used" ones, never even had one rebuilt.
> Javad