should I sell my 20v? please help.

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:16 AM -0400 6/23/02, WAUFX at aol.com wrote:

>rear muffler-450

Paul Royal posted an excellent message long, long time ago for how to
build a 20v NA exhaust made up of DIY stuff; he goes into a lot of
detail on why things were picked, problems, etc...  Total price for
EVERYTHING was under your $450 figure if I recall...something like
$270?  Give the archive search a whirl; if you come up empty handed,
let me know and I'll track it down.


>injectors-166 ea.

For less than one new injector, you can have them flushed, re-sealed
if necessary, blueprinted, and balanced.  Good as new...and pretty
much 1/5th the cost of replacing the injectors.

>ignition wire set-130

I purchased Magnecore wires for my car; the plug connectors fit the
20v head perfectly, and I -think- they were significantly cheaper,
but it's been so long I don't honestly remember.  Fit is perfect(I
bought the thinnest wire, everything fits under the cover.)


>This is 2 days after having to fabricate a tool to change the oil due to a 14
>mm allen head drain plug....on the oil pan.

Fumoto Valve.  I think I still have the 1/2 drive/14mm allen key
driver somewhere.  Took me a week to find one locally, although
snapon or similar could source it immediately I'm sure.  Oh, and BTW,
yes, it's normal for that plug to be #$%#! hard to remove, even
torqued properly.  I used to have to use a short length of
pipe...every time.


>The 20v is way more complicated and jam packed under the hood space-wise than
>any other Audi I've owned and worked on, and I think I may have bitten off
>more than I can chew on this one....

Hmm.  I think you're right on this one.  I've seen the 20v NA engine
compartment.  It makes my 200q20v's compartment look luxurious and
roomy :-)

Brett
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