audi 20valve turbo options

[Brett Dikeman]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:13 PM,  <audifan4evr at aim.com> wrote:

>  as far as horsepower goes i think we are shooting for around 350. we finally got a
> line on a motor thanks to 1800vwparts up in flieshmans ny. 69 thousand miles
> sounds good!

A 3B engine with 69k on it?  Ten years ago, most of these cars had
60-100k.  There's occasionally a rare car that has sat in a barn, but
chances are slim.  Buyer beware.  Also, the t-belt is 60k OR 6 years.
That's a much easier job when the engine isn't in the car of course,
but plan for a new belt, water pump, pulleys, etc.

Also, do not rip apart the engine to "rebuild" it.  If the engine
truly has 69k on it, then leave everything alone- it'll last well past
200k.  If you rip it open, you'll be lucky to make it that far.
Longevity in rebuilt motors is almost always worse than untouched
engines.

> as far as a turbo goes we are looking for something with fast spool up but it
> does not have to be really crazy. he wants to use it as a daily driver not as
> a track car.

Then chip it and leave everything alone, because the stock engine and
turbo are pretty perfect.  The RS2 upgrades are big money, and much
less bang for the buck, and responsiveness suffers, as does how early
power comes on in the rev band.

Even in a big car like the 200q20v, that engine with the IA 3+ chip is
good for chewing up V8 S4's and giving a Sube STi a good run for its
money.

Seriously, save the money for freshening up the suspension, some
clean+tasteful light wheels, some good winter+summer tires, and a few
days at the track with the Audi club at one of their HPDE's, and
restoring the interior/exterior.

As for 034- It can't even do knock detection, nor can it do the
adaptation the stock Motronic ECU can do.  034 only makes sense for
people converting from CIS who want to do EFI cheap, and want
something made with the Audi engine/sensor peculiarities in
mind...IMHO.

-B