[V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....

[Maurice Greven]

My '90 has this cylinder cut-out option(?).. When the engine is running (at
whatever rpm) when I turn the key counter-clockwise, ALL 8 cylinders drop
out. The beast has ABSOUTELY no power in this mode though, so it's pretty
impractical for cruising, except downhill.

Maybe YOURS has this feature too, you just never knew about it. It WAS
omitted from the manual. I discovered it purely by chance.

Just my experience,
Maurice


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
too many quattros
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:09 AM
To: ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com; v8-bounces at audifans.com;
rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; V8 Audi Fans
Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....

LMAO, i guess this heat and exhaustion hitting me here in India is taking my
edge


Shayne

PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro


> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:56:59 +0000
> To: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>,
<v8-bounces at audifans.com>,
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>, V8 Audi Fans <V8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
> 
> Shayne, 
> 
> I believe he's implying the seller is a dufus/knuckle head, etc. Now I
suppose
> you could rig something up to block the signal to one of the coils if you
> wanted to, but the injectors would still fire...  Lol.
> 
> Ingo Rautenberg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
> 
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:14:40
> To:<rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>,V8 Audi Fans <V8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
> 
> 
> huh????  r u serious?  i thought i knew my 3.6 in and out.  I have owned
it
> since 1994 and do all my own work.  i was completely unaware it had
cylinder
> deactivation.  
> 
> maybe this is a 4.2 only thing?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Shayne
> 
> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
> 
> 
>> From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
>> Reply-To: <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:19:37 -0400
>> To: <V8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
>> 
>> Today's treat is the Black/gray '93 V8 on eBay.
>> 
>> I learned from the seller of this car that it has eight cylinders but
runs
>> on only four on the highway.
>> 
>> Truly amazing automobile!
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
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