Making a CQ from...nothing?

[Huw Powell]

> I'd like to get a coupe body and MAKE IT a 5-speed Quattro.  I'd also like
> it to be reasonably correct WRT smog and passing tech (has to be an engine
> offered in THAT car for THAT year, etc).

With the type 85 (1982-7) Coupe GT, it can and has been done.  But it is 
a *lot* of work (welding in new floorpan, etc.)  Very few of the quttro 
version of these seems to have made it to the US.

The type 89 (1991-2) Coupes are *all* quattros, as far as I can tell, 
here in the US - they are also 20v 2.3 engines, producing the most power 
of any normally aspirated 5 cyl, here in the US, at least.

> Coupes show up pretty regularly here in Los Angeles, rarely Quattros.

Right - there were a lot of type 85 coupes made.

> What is the "non-Quattro" body style I should be looking for?  90?  100?
> 
> What is the correct engine for a CQ?  Might it be a 2.3L ?  What is this
> engine family's name, and what else did it appear in?

OK, when you say "CQ" it confuses us, because that refers typically to 
the 91-91 model.  I think you mean what tends to be called the 
UrQuattro, which is simply known to Audi by the name "Quattro."  Those 
had 2.1 (and 2.2?) liter engines in the US.

BUT

You mention above making it meet smog and tech rules for "what it is."

To me that turns into a big limitation, especially if the inspectors 
know their job.

The *only* "small bodied" coupe (or 4 door, for that matter) Audi in the 
  US with quattro *and* a turbo engine is the UrQ (well, at least, from 
the "old days").  Heck, if you want to race one, do it.  Other people's 
opinions of what you do with a car you own don't matter!

The Ur-S4 is a fun ride, too - 4 door, but a turbo quattro 5 cyl as well.

If you have to build a car that uses an engine that it could at least 
have come with stock, you are very limited I think.

> Keep in mind modifications are expected.  My goal is to get one that will
> bolt together relatively close to correct and give me CQ performance
> without making people CRINGE when the driver doesn't hear "don't cut."

And pass somg and tech inspections?  To me that is the big issue.

You could just get a nice 4000 quattro (4 door) and drop in a 10 or 20v 
turbo motor and have a mean machine, and you might get it past smog 
since they wouldn't realize, but I don't know what sort of rules issues 
you'll crash into at your race tech.

Perhaps after you've absorbed some of the various answers to what you've 
asked already you'll be able to refine your question, making it easier 
to answer...

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/