quattro digest, Vol 1 #5313 - 14 msgs

[Greg Johnson]

Ouch!   Some folks over on the urq list (Martin?) recently completed a
20v-3B swap.  If I were in your shoes, that's what I'd be doing.  A
chipped 3B will provide about 270hp and around 290 ft lbs of torque.
T'would put a real smile on your faces.  Doable by Amateurs?   Hard to
say.  I think you'd probably need some tools and knowledge you do not
have.  The car you end up with will probably be worth whatever you put
into it, even if you had to hire some help along the way.  If you've not
already, post on the urq list and see what they say over there.

My $.02

Greg J
BIRA.ORG

Jenny Curtis wrote, in part,:

>The verdict the next morning from Keith Anderson, was that I had cooked
>my engine.  Detonation and pinging had caused the top of piston #3 to
>melt.  That was just the most cursory assessment of the damage.  It
>could likely be worse.  Yikes.
>
>The car now sits awaiting a new engine.  I have a line on a 5000 (for a
>cheap $500) with a rebuilt head and all the extra donor parts that would
>be necessary to make the conversion.  Graham and I have been kicking
>around the idea of doing the swap ourselves.  He has done swaps before
>(true it was on an 70s era Fiat) and feels that as long as we aren't
>opening the engine up, we will be up to the challenge.  Since the car is
>not my daily driver, the time it takes to do the swap, is not an issue.
>
>My question is this is a doable job for amateurs?  Bare in mind that I
>haven't had the car long and have not wrenched on it all in that time.
>
>Secondly, I know there are other engine possibilities out there for the
>Ur-q (the 20 valve, the 3b).  Am I making the right choice, going with
>the MC?
>
>Thanks for listening,
>
>Jenny Allan
>874kq: The Eurotrash Princess
>84 Ur-q: Helmut, RIP
>