[urq] WR sans Turbo

[Brandon Rogers]

L-A-
great stuff - love the Euro comparison.  Nice apartment on the water too -

take care

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <louis-alain.richard at sympatico.ca>
To: <james.pasqualoni at gs.com>; <tfh400036 at yahoo.com>; 
<Michael at siliconoptix.com>
Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [urq] WR sans Turbo


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> Right, but Jim forgot to mention that the WR is 200hp, without an O2 
> sensor and the mixture frequency valve. Pure CIS non lambda.
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>
> Speeking of WR... I rode in one last saturday, here in France.
>
> A lister from France contacted me last week to meet him and his car, a 
> genuine 1981 WR urQ (85_B_900373, built in 12-81). Nice solid car, still 
> stock, but with high mileage. It's an early version, meaning it has the 
> cable diff locks: this setup is very effective, the locks engage very 
> fast, much faster than any vaccum-accuated I tried. The twin little levers 
> are on each side of the handbrake lever.
> The car is silver with the Zebra interior, electric windows but no AC or 
> sunroof or heated seats or cruise control.
> Speed wise, it is much faster then my stock WX, with a very nice pull at 
> the top of the redline. You know, the kind of turbo pull that was typical 
> of the early turbos, increasing from 3000 rpm to 6500 rpm without any 
> flatening.
>
> And then, this monday, I saw another urQ just 5 minutes from my workplace; 
> this time is was a newer (!!) 1984-up, with the wide R8s and the painted 
> spoiler/decklid. Didn't met the owner, but it was clearly a daily driver, 
> nice and clean but not detailed. This car was debadged, like the 1981, I 
> guess because they don't want to scream "I am a genuine Quattro" to all 
> the car stealers. Car theft is a real problem here...
>
> So, since I told you all that I saw a charcoal French urQ in Bougival last 
> month, I've seen 2 other silver urQs in less than 3 days... And, according 
> to MArk Besso's pictures of the Ingolstadt 25 year celebration, the dark 
> blue MTM-prepared Sport Quattro has a license plate ending in 78, which 
> means the owner is living is this very same area as the other 3...
>
> End of the French intelligence report. More to follow.
>
> Louis-Alain,
> This time, living on a boat, on the Seine river... in Paris.
> Cool, if your not boat sick...
> See this link: 
> http://sublet.apartment-paris.com/en/description/4925158-Quai-du-point-du-jour--le-cyrano--Apartment/?sid=819e8a0792258fa78c7555efa8b2760a
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>>From: "Pasqualoni, James E"
>
>>A European-spec UrQ. Their equivalent of the North American WX.
>>
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>BTW, what does a WR come in? It's not listed in my "Engine code
>>letters" book from VW/Audi 1993.
>>
>>Tony Hoffman
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