I drove a Sport quattro yesterday

[Per Lindgren]

I agree. There's something wrong with the looks. I guess it's too much
of a job to install the 4k windscreen, even though I believe it is
possible. Fnding the doors from a 2-door T81 might be even more difficult.

PerL
87 Cq

Mark at cr-x.org wrote:

>They never look right with the coupe windscreen though. Seen a couple and i
>wasent impressed.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of scott thomas
>Sent: 02 May 2003 17:24
>To: lindgre at online.no; quattro
>Subject: Re: I drove a Sport quattro yesterday
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>I think Dialynx does the CQ---->Sport Q conversions. I've heard that
>they run in the $100,000 USD range. They cut your car apart and
>rebuild it to full SQ specs, or greater.
>
>Start saving AND sell your house :)
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>From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
>Sent: Fri, 02 May 2003 17:21:21 +0200
>To: quattro <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: I drove a Sport quattro yesterday
>
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>A fellow VW/Audi club member has bought a 1985 Sport q (#127), so when
>he appeared at a local GTG yesterday, I (and 2 others) got to test
>drive
>the beast. Never have I driven anything that even comes close to
>describing it as a beast!
>
>The car actually felt a bit gutless at low rpms. It was not far from
>the
>feel in my regular Coupe when driving it between 1000-2000 rpms. But
>as
>soon as you let the rpms continue past 3000, things started to happen.
>And things happened fast! Let the rpms pass 4500 and all hell broke
>loose! By 6500 rpms I found that it might be a good idea to find next
>gear, but what amazed me the most was how fast the rpms climbed from
>4000 to 6500, it felt like only fractions of a second. With me not
>being
>experienced to this, the pressure had dropped quite a bit before next
>gear was in place. The T27 is a mighty big snailhouse, so one should
>work the levers and pedals pretty much to keep the pressure up, I
>guess.
>
>The car felt really light and nimble, due to a very precise steering,
>smaller (than my Coupe's) steering wheel, and the short wheelbase. The
>brakes werent as grippy as I expected, but the owner assured me that
>was
>because they were cold. The Bridgestone Potenza's sized 235/45R15 on
>the
>stock Ronals also helped to keep it on the road.
>
>All in all, I was left with a feeling of awe, this has always been my
>favourite among Audis, and yesterday's experience didnt put that to
>shame! Now, how much will it cost to make my Coupe into a Sport?
>
>PerL
>87 Cq (which felt pretty boring last night)
>
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