Another 4ktq is born!

[JShadzi at aol.com]

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Elliot, congrats, you've accomplished something very exciting, you now own a
car with a power to weigh ratio rivaling some of the finest sports cars out
there, with so much more potential to be had.

Enjoy the never ending search for power, and the never ending task of
tweeking and maintaining the monster you've built.  Let me know if I can help
with either.

Best,
Javad
80tq.com

In a message dated 11/6/2002 8:10:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
veetesse at hotmail.com writes:

> Hello all...
>
> I'm pleased to report that the MC-1 turbo swap into my 86 4kq took place
> this 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
> the 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
> damn cool with just the downpipe and open exhaust though.  I love hearing
> the turbo wind up... Looks like I'll be spending the rest of the upcoming
> days 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
> notice some parts sourced from MSwanson and some ideas pirated from others
> that 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
> this 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 appreciated, helpful resource during this project.
>
> Big thanks also goes out to fellow lister Derek Leep who flew in from
> Seattle to help with the project and to rate Cincinnati's Indian food.
> Derek had done the swap to his 4kq a year ago and was the "answer man" in
> the months leading up to the project as well as the wiring master during
> the swap. The project wouldn't have gone very far without his help, careful
> documentation 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