83 Urq tranny compatibility w/4kq?

[Vittorio Bares]

Thanks for the info. 

I did end up picking up an 84 4kq tranny. I found another small
difference, which is the center diff locking mechanism on the earlier
4kq's was cable driven, not vacuum. This requires building a bracket.

We built one that would just keep the center diff locked always - its
removable in case we ever find the need.

Vittorio Bares
Senior Manager, DA
Professional Services
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Pajak [mailto:martin at quattro.ca] 
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:35 PM
To: 'Louis-Alain Richard'; Vittorio Bares; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: 83 Urq tranny compatibility w/4kq?

Louis-Alain,

You basically covered it nicely.
The only other difference is that the 4kq tranny has small output
flanges
while Ur-q has the large ones, but that's just a matter of swapping out
of
your original.  Also, starting '84 the bellhousing has a notch to clear
the
new style MC/3B/AAN flywheel sensors.

Hope this helps.

Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro (50,000 mi) SQ project
1984 Audi 80 quattro (145,000 km) 2-door!!
1984 Audi 4000s quattro (131,000 mi) new toy :)
1987 Audi 4000s quattro (212,000 km) wintervagen mit 7A :)
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Louis-Alain Richard [mailto:laraa at sympatico.ca] 
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 12:51 AM
To: 'Vittorio Bares'; quattro at audifans.com
Cc: 'Martin Pajak'
Subject: RE : 83 Urq tranny compatibility w/4kq?

Swappable, sure. Physically at least.

But there is some difference:

- Final drive ratio, 3.89 for the urQ, 4.11 for the 4kq.
- Some gears are different, as the 1983 urq has very short first and
second
gears, then a hole, then 3-4-5 are closely spaced. To resume, urq 1983's
are
6 speed gearbox missing the 3rd... 4kq are better, more envenly spaced.

I forwarded this message to Martin Pajak, he's THE reference for this
kind
of question.

Martin ?

Louis-Alain
1983 Quattro



> -----Message d'origine-----
> 
> Does anyone know what the differences between the 83 Urq and the 84
4kq
> tranny's are?
> 
>  
> Are they compatible (swappable?)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> Vittorio -