V8 Coupe, etc.

[Grant Lenahan]

I agree - my 4kq really did feel good. It WAS slow, btu not  
agonizing. I thought it had very balanced handling too - and would  
stick very well, albeit with boat-like roll.  And durable.

2nd the sucky trunk. You are too kind.

Grant
On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:10 PM, LL - NY wrote:

> I dunno, by the numbers, the 4KQ certainly was nothing special (I  
> had to
> REALLY flog mine to beat a 2nd gen Taurus (3.8 L) out of the  
> tollbooths from
> NY to Mass on the Mass Pike once), but it was actually one of the more
> satisfying drives I've owned. It just seemed soooo balanced, while  
> still
> being a useful vehicle (although sucky trunk). Are their better  
> drives out
> there? Yup, but as an overall package, it was actually pretty  
> damned good.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 12/3/07, Mark J. Besso <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com> wrote:
>>
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>>
>>
>> My 4KQ was one of the slowest cars I've ever owned and certainly  
>> wasn't
>> the
>> best handling.  It was without a doubt the most capable vehicle  
>> though!
>> There was no road, no weather condition, nothing that could  
>> prevent that
>> car
>> from being used.  The only thing it couldn't survive was a head-on
>> collision
>> with a Honda Prelude.  I probably would've been installing the V8  
>> in that
>> car if it hadn't been demolished.  When I parted with that car it  
>> had over
>> 350K miles on it and the engine had never had anything more than
>> maintenance
>> done.  I had to replace the clutch once, but that was only because  
>> the
>> throw-out bearing seized to the tube it was supposed to slide on.   
>> I was
>> all
>> set to buy Paul Krasusky's 4KQ when I happened to hear about the '91
>> Coupe.
>>
>> I got to see Mark Swanson's bi-turbo V8 Coupe at SFest a few months
>> ago.  I
>> took a few pictures of it too: http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/S- 
>> Fest-2007
>> It sounded fantastic, but I've decided not to go the bi-turbo  
>> route with
>> mine.  The plan is to start off with the stock 3.6l V8 with a  
>> stand-alone
>> FI
>> system and a high-flow exhaust system.  If that doesn't seem quick  
>> enough
>> then I'd look to a belt-driven supercharger system like the ones  
>> that are
>> so
>> popular with the Mustang 5.0 crowd.
>>
>> Anyone really interested in the details of the V8 Coupe project  
>> should
>> contact Jay at Rabe Motorsports: http://www.rabemotorsports.com   
>> He's the
>> man-with-the-plan....so to speak.  I have all these dreams, but it  
>> will be
>> his fabrication skills and mechanical knowledge that makes it all  
>> happen.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>
>> p.s. Huw/Larry -- thanks for correcting me on the stock wheel offset.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
>> Subject: Re: Wheel fitment question
>>
>>
>>> My latest car/wheel/engine combo involves a 1991 Coupe Quattro  
>>> that's
>> going
>>> to get 17x7" TSW wheels with 25mm offset and 204/40-WR17 tires.   
>>> In the
>>> spring it'll receive the engine from a 1990 V8Q!
>>
>> Cool.  Are you gonna twin-turbo it?
>>
>> --
>> Huw Powell
>>
>> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>>
>> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
>>
>>
>>
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