92 20v Turbo motor FS on Ebay
Peter Berrevoets
pjberr at rogers.com
Mon Oct 28 10:22:20 EST 2002
Looks like a 3B from a '91 200Q.
Tranny mount is broken on same side as snapped half-shaft - looks like it
was in a rather brutal wreck.
The late 89, 90 and 91 200s were TENS equipped so it looks like someone
really trashed one of the 200Q20Vs.
My $0.02
Cheers!
Peter
1990 200Q MC2
1989 200Q MC1 Parts
1987.5 Coupe GT NF
AAN on shelf...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:15 PM
> To: JordanVw at aol.com; rollins_ray at hotmail.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 92 20v Turbo motor FS on Ebay
>
>
> At 1:53 PM -0400 10/25/02, JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
>
> > > This guy sounds like he has no idea what he's selling! I
> thought there was
> >> no such thing as an automatic 20v turbo?
>
> There isn't, unless it was frankenstein'd either by the shop, or by
> the (hopefully still intact) previous owner. The pictures are
> horrible, but I think I see a clutch cylinder up top? The linkage
> doesn't look right for the manual, though...and it doesn't seem to be
> long enough for a quattro tranny. Anyone a better guesser than I? :-)
>
> It is from a TENS car, so it is NOT a 5000 tranny(note the large
> TENS cable brace on the tranny.)
>
> > >
> > >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1871193163
> >>
> >hmm since when did they make a "92 audi 5000" especially with a 20vT and
> >"automatic" tranny..
> >buyer beware..
>
> Not to mention, it is very obviously from a crash. Note the broken
> passenger side tranny mount, cracked t-belt cover, and a complete
> lack of electronics. If the ECU is missing, its pretty much useless
> to someone looking to do a swap...3B ecus are pretty much not
> available, and a 3rd party ecu would set you back a pretty penny for
> one with barely the features of the Motronic. I also don't see any
> harness(and no maf sensor/airbox...) More gotchas for a swapper.
>
> The state of disassembly wrt the CVs is puzzling- its like the
> passenger side driveshaft was snapped, because they didn't bother to
> remove the CV, but did on the other side.
>
> Lets not forget that a shop has to be pretty bad to not be able to
> tell the difference between an automatic and a manual transmission.
>
> It may seem like a great steal, but there's no mention of whether it
> even runs. I would steer VERY clear of this one. Tempting? Yes.
> Too risky? Yes.
>
> Brett
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