[V8] 4000 variants (NV8C)

Fri Sep 16 19:23:12 EDT 2005

A 2 door 1984 4000S was my first new car. It was the 4-banger though and FWD.
It was a great car and I wish I had it now with gas where it is...

I still remember the consumer report for the Audi GT (there was no review for
the 4000). They compared it against the POS Nissan NX. It was truly Orewellian
reading. They duly noted how nice and quite and powerful the GT was,
specifically noted its good seats and driving position but just could not
recomend it because it was an Audi.
The POS er I mean the NX they specifically noted the cramped and crummy seats
and wimpy motor, but they liked all the road noise and transmission gear whine
because that made it feal like a real sports car.

I quite reading consumer reports back then and have not gone back.

Ironically - I knew a girl who was un-lucky enough to own the POS NX - every
time it rained and the outside temp was freezing, her throttle linkage would
freeze up. Good thing it had no power or something bad coulda happened...

Dave

Quoting diemarthadie at aol.com:

> there's another interesting 4000 variant... an '83 coupe :)
> only one I ever saw, and only one my friend the audi mechanic ever saw (he
> owned it).
> standard 4000 chassis, but a 2 door version of the 4000 body.  non-quattro.
> maybe it's common but not in the philly area?
> standard 2.2L engine
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sdewitt at stx.rr.com
> To: Carter Johnson <carterjohnson3 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:55:29 -0500
> Subject: Re: [V8] 87.5 4KQ
>
>
> What is interesting is the ETKA doesn't show the 4KQ with anything
> other than the 2.2 JT (I think) engine. I guess it's possible a few
> test cars from europe made it over here. Does the car have the digital
> dash?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carter Johnson <carterjohnson3 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:07 am
> Subject: [V8] 87.5 4KQ
>
> >
> >
> > Hmm - this sounds mysteriously like one of the
> > "mythical" 2.3 4KQ's, which on the records exist, but
> > no one has ever seen one that I know of.
> >
> > Kneale's proposal that it was a swap is more likely,
> > given that it's fairly easy and the 2.3's are not
> > rare.  More likely than out of a GT, it probably came
> > out of a 5000/90, since the 87.5 GT's are very rare.
> >
> > Carter
> >
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:45:01 -0400
> > From: Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Need some audi expertise
> > To: "John Bysinger" <john at bysinger.net>,
> > <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Message-ID:
> > <4.1.20050915184212.01005290 at pop.powerc.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Sounds like someone installed a Coupe GT engine.
> > Leatherette
> > upholstery
> > (leather only on the seat faces, I believe) was an
> > option for 4kqs.  Or
> > it
> > may be a European version.   I'd want to go through
> > the paperwork to
> > determine that it's actually 80K miles.  If there's no
> > rust, that would
> > be
> > a good price, I'd think.
> >
> >
> > At 03:07 PM 9/15/2005 -0700, John Bysinger wrote:
> > >So a friend of mine who's a long time VW fanatic but
> > never owned an
> > audi
> > >(but was instrumental in convincing me to buy my V8.)
> > has an
> > opportunity to
> > >buy an audi from a friend of his boss.
> > >
> > >It's an 87.5 Audi 4000 quattro, has the 2.3l and is
> > black on black
> > leather,
> > >and only 80k miles.  It's a one owner car with all
> > records as well.
> > >
> > >He's being told that this car in black/black with the
> > 2.3l is quite
> > rare (I
> > >guess a 2.2l was standard?), but the guy is only
> > asking $1200 for the
> > car...
> > >
> > >Like the saying goes, if it's too good to be true, it
> > usually is...
> > so is
> > >this a good deal and he should jump on it, or is it
> > going to be a
> > money pit
> > >for him?
> > >
> > >-John
> > >'90 V8Q
> > >
> >
> > W. Carter Johnson
> > University of Rhode Island
> > 401-874-4947 office
> > 401-789-3217 home
> >
> >
> >
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