Maybe Brett won't like this news...my coupe quattro turbo conversion

[Per Lindgren]

This is a thread I will follow with interest, as my plans is to get an 
85-85 Cq and to a turbo swap.I saw an 88 200 engine and tranny in a 
used-car mag here, the price was 15000 NOK, about 2000 E. Not too bad I 
thought at the time, but it's obviuos I can get cheaper engines on the 
continent. God louck, Mihnea, and keep us posted!

PerL

Mihnea Cotet wrote:

> Fellow listers,
>
> After a friend of mine trashed his Audi 200 turbo 10v  (Euro version 
> with 200HP) when he had promised to give me the engine before he 
> trashed it, I started to look for an engine for my turbo 
> conversion...I already have a MC1 short block but no head, no turbo, 
> no manifolds, nothing else but the block, crank, pistons and rods 
> actually...
> So I started to try to source a MC2 or a 1B engine (the 1B has 8.6:1CR 
> and is the same engine as the urq MB)...no luck for me as when I'm 
> looking for something, no one has it and when I already have one, 
> offers start to pour around me....doh!
> Then I put an ad on www.audicoupe.de saying that I was looking for a 
> 3B complete motor, even with a bad headgasket or something like 
> that....a few offers starting at 1000 USD and one guy willing 1200 
> Euros for the engine with all accessories (about 1100 USD)...expensive 
> me says because I'm stilll a student on a budget, so I start 
> discussing the price with the guy and he says he'll drop the price but 
> not very much and he'd rather sell the complete car for 1400 Euro 
> (about 1200 USD)....
> I ask for some pics, the car's mileage, if it is a wreck and got his 
> answer...178.000 kms, slight damage on the front left fender, air 
> conditionner, heated front and rear seats, electrically controlled 
> driver's seat, and a very low and stiff suspension (you'll see it when 
> I'm done posting the pics to a website), he says it drives well and 
> all it'd need would be an exhaust system...well, I don't care about 
> that because I'll part it...my wife made me promise to part it and I 
> didn't want to but I have to because I'll need (even a small) part of 
> my investment back....so I think I'll go and buy it tomorrow or next 
> week-end if I can't find a second car for tomorrow...
>
> Now, I need some BTDT from the listers that have already performed a 
> complete 3B swap, I'd like to know what downpipe I can use in my car 
> ('85 NA coupe quattro) knowing that I'd like to use an UR-q exhaust 
> system and I won't be using the 200's cats as my car doesn't need to 
> have them (and it's better not to have them to avoid inspection 
> troubles)....
>
> Thanks for reading my long post and TIA for the answers,
>
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> Mihnea
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