[s-cars] 200Q20V - hard start issues

[robert weinberg]

that's what i was thinking. i truly haven't enjoyed the car much since i bought it. sure, there's been some good times together, like beating the piss out of it up highway 1 to tomales bay. and playing with a porsche boxster S to 110mph.

but this car has left me stranded about 5 times and only 6,000 miles over the past 5 years. given, 3 of the times were various inexplicable clutch maladies... from the clutch fork (that thingy that connect to the pedal) to the slave and clutch master cylinder. and one time the crank seal let go SITTING IN MY GARAGE!

i think since it sat outside for a few years with the previous owner was the issue. so, the low miles were more of a detriment.

with that said... it's mine. i'm turning 40 next month and one of the reasons i bought the car was for when i was feeling nostalgic for my youth. when other kids dreamed of lamborghinis, i thought the 20V was the coolest thing around :-)

so, perhaps when it's "done" (are these things ever done?) and painted oceanic blue, with tinted windows and an 034 turbo back... it should get me more excited than super quiet with faded lago paint.

Robby




________________________________
 From: Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
To: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>; robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com> 
Cc: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com> 
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] 200Q20V - hard start issues
 


I'll yield to Dave on all of that except for his last comment regarding return value. It may not be there in sheer $$$ but for a car with only 120,000 miles it will definitely be there when you're behind the wheel if you can get the thing out of your driveway every once in a while.

Wylie Bean
theringmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
91 200q20v
92 urS4
08 Q7

-----Original message-----

From: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
>To: robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>
>Cc: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 13:20:32 EDT
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] 200Q20V - hard start issues
>
>Robby: Based on the attachment you sent me the 034 software was being compared to Intended Acceleration's Stage III (which
>still uses the 250 kPa (2.5 Bar) manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensor in the ECU). Intended Acceleration suggests that
>their Stage III for a 200 20VT was good for "up to 277 hp" (which I find a little high)
>(REF: http://www.intendedacceleration.com/html/pricing.html)
>
>The O34 print-out has the IA Stage III at 228.1 whp and their s/w at 232.7 whp. Assuming IA's 277 is the upper limit,
>the correction factor would be 1.214 (=277/228.1). This would put the 034 at 282.6 crank off 232.7 wheel. That is
 *very*
>"healthy" but a little hard to believe assuming the MAP sensor is still 2.5 Bar and not 3.0 Bar (300 kPa).
>
>Good luck with your fixes. Don't put too much money into the car. The return on value isn't going to be there. 
>
>Dave F.
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