5KTQ Race Car Prep

[Haydn Taylor]

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Haydn Taylor Morning Dave, Thanks for the reply. I saw the shots on your site
a couple of weeks ago - very nice work, and exactly the sort of thing I am
looking at doing. I am located in New Hampshire (hence not starting this
project until the spring when it warms up a bit) At present I am keeping my
options open regarding what type of racing I intend to do. As I mentioned this
will be a toy rather than a serious race vehicle. I will probably start out
with some basic drags to dial the thing in, although I will be building it to
be switchable between rallying (tarmac and forest), and track use (Loudon
etc), potentially some autocross too ...then maybe some ice racing next
winter. So the key is to get as much weight as possible out of it, then set up
the suspension and brakes nicely, and finally take the motor to a reasonable
but not ridiculous level of tune. Cheers Haydn >From: Dave Hord >To: Haydn
Taylor >CC: quattro at audifans.com >Subject: Re: 5KTQ Race Car Prep >Date: Mon,
3 Mar 2003 11:46:14 -0500 > >Haydn, > >I'm not very familiar with the Type 44
platform. But I am getting rather >familiar with the strip-down and race prep
of the Audi platform! Check out the >roll-cage shots in the link in my
signature. > >I'd be more then happy to help you out where ever I can. Just
add my email >address to your list of people to email anytime you have a
question. > >We'll need to know where you're located as well...helps when
trying to figure >out where you should get things like cages built. > >What
kind of racing do you want to get into? > >-Dave >
>--------------------------------------------------- >89 90q 330,000km as of
Feb 26th. >Rally Conversion...perpetually in progress... >Roll cage shots
available at: >http://home.the-wire.com/~spokes/rollcage/page1.htm > >
>Quoting Haydn Taylor : > > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > Haydn
Taylor The time has nearly come to take my trusty 86 5KTQS and > > convert > >
it into a toy car only. I love the thing to death but it's driving me crazy >
> with it's electrical breakdowns all the time. This said I intend to take it
> > off the road in the spring and put it on a serious diet, coupled with some
> > steroids in the power and handling departments. Here's my initial
Question; > > I > > intend to remove all non essential items including heater,
interior,sunroof > > mechanisms, window mechanisms, side and rear glas (LEXAN
replacement), > > injector coolers, after run pumps etc. Has anyone on the
list been through > > this procedure before, and how do I deal with any
warning errors in the > > computers related to monitored systems being
removed. Also does anyone have > > a > > good source for performance
suspension components, radiators and roll cages > > (assuming I am fabricating
it from scratch) etc. Hope you can help Haydn > > p.s. > > Many thanks to
Chris from Force 5 the other weekend when my fuel pump died > > just near his
place....Chris, appreciate the help. > >
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