[urq] Solid lifter I5 turbo with knock sender?

Henry A Harper III hah at alumni.rice.edu
Thu Dec 16 14:51:52 EST 2004


> It's an abortion.  Water-cooled turbo bearing plumbed in with bathroom
> fittings.  Temperature sender under hydraulic pump with no
> connector for it
> in loom.  "Grauguß"  hydraulic pump in boot - not ZF and dated 10/90,
> supposed to have come off this engine before it was fitted.
> Nowhere to
> plug knock sensor.  Really odd fitting bolted to front of sump and traces
> of an aircon fitting bracket on the side of the block.  It looks like an
> MC-1 or MB block married to a KG or WR head.  Engine number is
> gouged out.
> Quite incredible object serving as right engine mount.  Exhaust manifold
> welded.  Scorpion centre pipe with stock Audi back box.  No CV joint
> heatshield.  No gearbox mount heatshield.  I could go on, but you get the
> picture.

So is it worthy of your own "wall of shame" like the Chebby-in-Porsche guys?
http://www.renegadehybrids.com/Wall_of_Shame.html



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