'89 200 TQ ?

[Eric_R_Kissell at email.whirlpool.com]

On 3/10/2002 at 5:51 PM, Jim <Sonar465 at aol.com> wrote:

>I am looking at a '89 200TQ that has 39K miles on it.  I am going to
>replace my kind of beat up '87 5K TQ.  Do the '89's use the same computer
>as the '87's ?  I have a IA Stage II box in my '87 and would love to
>transfer it over to the '89 if they are compatible.

Jim,

First, 39k miles is suspiciously low. That works out to 3000 miles per year over
the 13 years of this cars life. I would be afraid that the car is either
misrepresented or has not been driven enough.

Second, 1989 was a transition model year. I have a 1989 200q Avant that is
mechanically pretty much the same as the late 1986-1988 5000tq, though the
interior is the revised "curved dash" style of the 1989-1990 200 models. It
would be nice if someone knew a VIN split between the "early" 1989 and the
"late" 1989, but I suspect that there is not a clean transition as different
parts bins emptied at different times. The later 1989-1990 200 had dual knock
sensors and a higher compression ratio and a computer change as well.