Re: Big mistake

["Karl Nordstrom" <KXN2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>]

desousa@cisco.com
>What your suggesting is a different comparison.  The cars being compared are
>an 87 5000S quattro to an 87 5000cs(turbo) quattro.

I said:
>> I guess a fairer comparison for me would be trading for a '86-'88 5000TQ at
>> $9000, minus $5000 for my 4000Q, for a cost of $4000.  I'm not even
>> convinced that the 5000TQ is much of a performance improvement over the
>> 4000 Quattro.

>The 4000's ... are a different story.  I have a 4000 and have contemplated
>replacing the complete engine assembly with one out of a wrecked 5000turbo.  I
>agree that more HP in the smaller body style
>would be nice.

This has been discussed here recently (on my request) and the consences has
been that this is not ecomically feasible because the brakes, steering and
perhaps alot more would also have to be replaced.  Therefore, I asked about
performing the performance on a normally aspirated 10 5 cylnder engine.  I
guess I should have be more specific.