[Vwdiesel] quattro or synchro diesel

[Ti Kan]

Brian Roth writes:
> This would be if I want to use a 5 cyl turbo diesel, correct? I'm kind of
> leaning away from this right now and leaning toward a 4 cyl turbo diesel or
> even a TDI. I'm hearing that the 4 cyl engines won't bolt up to 5 cyl
> transaxles unless the transaxle is from a later 80q, not a 4000q. I've also
> been told that some early 4000q's came with 4 cyl gas engines in which case
> a 4 cyl diesel would bolt up?

While some 4-cylinder type 81/85 quattros were available in Europe, none
were sold in the US.

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