Another 4ktq is born!

[Roa, Greg]

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Wow!  I'm quite impressed.  Looks really nice, Elliot.
I'll have to swing by, and give it a look-see.  How soon are you planning o=
n putting the intercooler and exhaust on the car?

Congrats!
Greg Roa


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From: EBavely [mailto:veetesse at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:04 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Cc: Roa, Greg
Subject: Another 4ktq is born!


Hello all...

I'm pleased to report that the MC-1 turbo swap into my 86 4kq took place th=
is last weekend.

After wrestling to get the engine on the transmission and tracing down all =
the miscellaneous connections that had to be made, the engine fired to life=
 at around 10:30 on Monday morning (yes, I took off work to make time for t=
he swap).

Right now, the car is running fine (sans intercooler for right now) but is =
experiencing ISV issues that are causing idle problems.  The thing sounds d=
amn cool with just the downpipe and open exhaust though.  I love hearing th=
e turbo wind up... Looks like I'll be spending the rest of the upcoming day=
s buttoning the car up so I can test drive it and get an exhaust on it.

I posted some pics through an MSN group.  See below for the link.  You'll n=
otice some parts sourced from MSwanson and some ideas pirated from others t=
hat have done the swap.  Imitation is flattery, right?

http://groups.msn.com/Audi4ktq

Click on the pictures menu on the left to see the albums.  They only let me=
 have 3 mb of space, so there are limited pics up until the test running of=
 the engine. All comments are welcome...

I'd like to thank everyone who helped me with all my piddly questions on th=
is project: Chris Semple (MC kit), Monsieur Swanson (on-call tech support),=
 Javad, Jim Green, Jeff Hemmerlin, Dave Spriggs (always right), Huw as well=
 as some that I might have forgotten.  The list has been a greatly apprecia=
ted, helpful resource during this project.

Big thanks also goes out to fellow lister Derek Leep who flew in from Seatt=
le to help with the project and to rate Cincinnati's Indian food.  Derek ha=
d done the swap to his 4kq a year ago and was the "answer man" in the month=
s leading up to the project as well as the wiring master during the swap. T=
he project wouldn't have gone very far without his help, careful documentat=
ion and attention to detail.

It occurs to me that although a good deal of the project can be considered =
complete, this is probably just the beginning...

Enjoy.

Elliott Bavely

86 4ktq (finally)
83 CGT
81 Coupe ITB
88 80 Fwd
83 GTI FSP
83 GTI 16V
90 VW Cabriole