[V8] 4000 variants (NV8C)

Fri Sep 16 22:52:51 EDT 2005

OK, he went and looked at the 4000 today (pix url below) And it looks like
it's not a 2.3l but seems to be in good shape.  It is a 5+5 quattro though,
maybe that's where the 'rare' came from... not sure.

http://doog.org/?c=2&dir=./^photos/friends/steve/4000CS  (on my home dsl,
might be a little slow)

-John
'90V8Q

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
Of sdewitt at stx.rr.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 12:48 PM
To: diemarthadie at aol.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] 4000 variants (NV8C)

Those were made from 80 to 82 maybe 83 as I recall. Also know as the
5+5 (5speed 5 cylinder). They are somewhat rare, but not unseen.

----- Original Message -----
From: diemarthadie at aol.com
Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:35 pm
Subject: [V8] 4000 variants (NV8C)

> 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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