1.8t in 4kq

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

You seem a bit biased against the 1.8T.  Problematic? Since when? Yes, if you break a timing belt you crunch stuff, but same goes for the 20VT. The timing belt tensioner has been revised and is much stouter now. Just change your belt and tensioner every 60,000 miles like any other car and you'll be fine. Average performance? Really? Stock 150-225 HP depending on the engine code, simple chip only mod puts it up to 245 on cars that started with 150 and people are getting up to around 550 HP with stage 3 kits, and that's from a 1.8 liter engine more is being squeezed on stroker motors. How in the world is that average performance? I know the 20VT is a great engine, but it's expensive to install, expensive to fix and the 1.8T is an economical alternative that has the advantage of great potential, lower parts cost, lots of aftermarket support and techs in the dealers that still know how to troubleshoot it.\




-----Original Message-----
From: R. Mair [mailto:waves at epix.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:53 PM
To: Quattro List
Subject: 1.8t in 4kq


>Hi all-
>>Has anybody swapped, or attempted to swap, a 1.8T into a 4kq?  It seems
like
>it would be a great little motor for that car--but I'm thinking the
>packaging might cause all sorts of problems.  ?  Plus issues with mating a
>1.8T to the 016 tranny. ??? Just thinking......

Brandon
'84 urquattro
'98 A4

Ewww.... I loath those motors. They are problematic, at least with the
terrible timing belt and tensioner set-up, not to mention only average
performance. If I were to go to the trouble of swapping a turbo motor into a
4kq, it would be the 10vt. Bullet proof, reliable and cheaper to maintain
than the 1.8t. I'd actually swap in a 20v NA motor before I'd go the 1.8t
route.

Rolf Mair

'90 90q20v (soon under knife for 20vt swap)
'69 Camaro SS Conv. 427
Many jeeps