RE: New to Quattroness

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

The quoted horsepower doesn't change even though the exhaust system went
from tubular headers to cast manifold after March 1990, so my guess is
that the exhaust flows more than the head. I bet if you spiff up
(technical term) the head - cams, Extrude Hone - and intake - throttle
body, air cleaner - the header would start to work better than the cast
manifold, but not until then.

I've got the original Speedline wheels, with the crummy clearcoat.
Someone (Peter Schulz?) is checking into a shop near Boston that can fix
the crummy job, for about $60/wheel. Have you verified that Tire Rack
has the correct offset and bolt diameter wheels? I would like to (after
winning the lottery - tough, since entry is usually a prerequisite) go
with the BBSs they have on sale, too. The BBSs look similar to the
Speedlines, and I could go with 16x7 or 16x7.5 vs. the stock Speedline
15x7s I currently have.

If I do anything with the current hood, it will probably be only in my
imagination. I think I can get good enough lights by doing the Euro bit,
using the existing hood. It appears as though going with the Cabrio look
involves too much for my ambition level.

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

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>From: 	riff77@usa.pipeline.com[SMTP:riff77@usa.pipeline.com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, June 13, 1996 11:56 PM
>To: 	Duff,Ian
>Cc: 	'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
>Subject: 	RE: New to Quattroness
>
>Ian- 
> 
>Thanks for the reply!  Sorry I didn't reply sooner, been on vacation,
>w/o
>my car :(.  I do love my Quattro dearly.  Hopefully I can avoid some of
>the
>problems that seem to befall many members of the list (knock on wood). 
>My
>baby is an August child, rear bars ;), no tubular headers :(.  Are the
>tubular headers better breathing than what Audi placed in the
>post-March
>Q's?   
> 
>I'm  looking to upgrade the wheels.  The previous owner of the car
>traded
>the OEM rims with a plain 5 spoke set from Audi.  The salesman told me
>that
>the stock wheels had defective clear coat and Audi offered to replace
>them
>or allow a substitution from the accessories catalog.  Did you
>encounter
>this problem?  I want to get the BBS version of the stock rim in a 16"
>size.  Luckily the Tire Rack has them on sale!  Now to only save my
>nickles
>and dimes. 
> 
>Have you had any success getting that hood?  I've been following the
>thread
>on the list and am very interested if it can be done for not alot of
>$$$$. 
>-- 
> 
>RAPHAEL AVILA, Cincinnati, OH. 
>'90 CQ 20V 
> 
>Quattro Ergo Zoom
>