200 Turbo Compo

[Brett Dikeman]

At 2:40 AM -0500 11/15/02, Glenn.Corbett at molson.com wrote:
>So from a general performance point with the least issues, I am better to go
>with the 10VT, as the cost to upgrade will be less.

-Absolutely- not.  $500 or so gets you 277hp in a 200q20v with
response and torque 10vt owners would kill for.  277hp not enough?
$2-3k gets you 330+hp, and it's all bolt-on stuff.  Better intake
system, exhaust system, combustion chamber design...the 20vt is far
superior in all regards.

Do you know what you need to do to a 10vt to get it up to even 250hp?

As for brakes, yes, they're about same across the years for the most
part, save the 20vt which had 12.2" internal caliper rotors which are
nothing short of incredible; I've taken the car on track at Watkins
Glen, a very fast track that is perfect for a high-hp Audi...and not
once did I even get a hint of fade.

>I have been looking at two 91's, but these have the 20VT motor, which I've
>heard the fuel injectors are getting hard to find & purchase for less then
>$100-150USD?

I fail to see the point here.  They never need replacement and are
not the weakest link in performance modifications(the turbo and
exhaust manifold are.)  I have 180,000 miles on my 200q20v and the
original injectors.  They can be completely cleaned and balanced for
$25/apiece, if you ever feel they need an overhaul.

Overall- CIS has always had more issues than EFI, it's more difficult
to diagnose(the Motronic has non-volatile fault code memory and
adaptation registers you can read to help you; not as good as the
later EFI units, but a major step up from the dumb-as-a-stump Hitachi
units), harder to find people that can repair it, etc.  That will
never change, and will only get worse.

   Further, CIS components are the ones you should be worried about as
far as pricing and availability- CIS hasn't been used in Audis for
10+ years; as early as 1990 Audi was phasing out CIS and within 2
years all models were EFI.  In fact, pretty much everyone stopped
using CIS around the same time, if not before.

Brett
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