entertaining a 20vt conversion

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:23 PM -0800 2/8/02, agaidos at got.net wrote:
>  Someone locally is selling their totaled '91 200 20vt. I am, at the least,
>planning on buying some parts off it for my wife's car. However, I've since
>started contemplating the pros and cons of transplanting a 20vt motor into
>my '85 urq. Realizing I would be working on one of the rarest Audis in the US
>and may cause irreversable changes to the car hasn't gone without thought.
>  Having said that I am interested in opinions concerning both technical issues
>like wiring in the newer, more complicated engine management system as well as
>purest opinions regarding modifications to an '85 urq.

My feelings on dropping the 3B into other cars are well known. I
particularly despise those that rip them out of salvageable
200q20v's, but it sounds like the donor in this case isn't.  Still,
that's one less engine for a 200q20v owner who has blown theirs and
needs a replacement.

In this case, it's more of a question of destroying the value of the
UrQ(remember, it is about 3 years from being a "classic" car, a few
more and it will be an antique.)

Personally, I'd drop the engine into a 4000q(if you wanted to do
mostly track) or a 90q(if it would be the daily driver taken out on
the track once in a while), probably a 90q.  The 20v becomes the
zippy "fun" car, the UrQ becomes the garage queen/show car.  Let's
face it, its probably cheaper to drive the UrQ less :-)

Given that the 90q sedan weighs less than the oh-so-popular eS2
conversion, it should be even more of a blast, and your UrQ avoids
the knife and retains its value.

B
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