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Re:NEW RIPP ON THE BLOCK!!!!
RIPP MODIFICATIONS AUDI 5KCSTQ
HAS 18-24PSI OF BOOST
3in exhaust includig cat.
speaco intercooler
greddy blowoff valve
porting polising cam
trottle body mods!!
75psi of fuel from kjet (no BS)
TRICK KKK
43KV of spark
13.4in brembo racing with 4pod
AP RACING calipers!!!
SPAX racing suspension
17/8 konigs 225-45-008p yokos
trick tranny\cluth
no leather 11lb carbon seats
UPPER STRESS BARS(FRONT
AND REAR avalible for sale)
If you can't find TURBO MAGAZINE
FIND IT THEIR ON THE NET!!!!
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LIKE THIS AUDI
BECAUSE IT GOES AND LOOKS CRAZZY
IT'S NOT THE FASTEST BUT IT HOLDS IT'S OWN
I'LL BE AT WATKINS GLEN JULY 14-15 WITH QCUSA!!!
AUDI ROCKS
ROSS
RIPP Modifications!
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> From: quattro-digest <owner-quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net>
> To: quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: quattro-digest V4 #621
> Date: Friday, April 18, 1997 12:12 PM
>
>
> quattro-digest Friday, April 18 1997 Volume 04 : Number
621
>
>
>
> *
> * Welcome to the digest version of the quattro list.
> * See the end of the digest for unsubscribe info.
> * In this issue:
> Ranting-and-raving...
> Dealer Referrals/Tips for A4 30v Buyer
> Re: TQW Detail
> Funny - No Audi content
> Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
> Re: Exactly my concerns
> Re: AUDI IN TURBO MAGAZINE
> Re: Smokin somethin
> Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
> Re: A Volvo V70 wagon spotted...(4WD??)
> Anyone actually climbing Mt Wash?
> '87 4K CSQ front lighting
> Etiquette nit-picking
> Fueling the flame (was cough cough)
> Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
> Re: Washer jets
> MAC-10 connector wires-BIGGER Question
> Hand on Shifter
> affordable track event
> V8 brake pads Performance Friction #
> Re: V8 brake pads Performance Friction #
> QListers flip over BMW news
> Book/Market Value -5KTQ
> Re: S4, fault code
> Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
> Diminished value
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:21:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: AUDIDUDI@delphi.com
> Subject: Ranting-and-raving...
>
> > Way I look at it, this list asked many relevant questions last
> > year and the club just gave us the finger x 50. Frankly, their events
> > are usually waaaaaay overpriced and the attitude the leadership showed
to
> > the greatest band of Audi nuts in the free world [this list] when we
> > asked to let them make the club better sucked. F@#k that club.
Course,
> > I say that alot:)
>
> Bruce definitely has a point here ... if you're a member of QCUSA and
have
> an opinion (either way) about the issues that have been raised, then
write
> them a letter and let them know! Ranting on-and-on here is like
preaching
> to the converted and really serves no purpose other than making you feel
a
> bit better albeit only temporarily. Worse still, it may cause some
people
> to become fed-up and simply choose to ignore the whole matter, which
isn't
> very productive and is certainly NOT what I intended to have happen when
I
> copied the q-list with the text of *MY* letter to QCUSA.
>
> _ _
> / l l o l \ l o Jeffrey Goggin
> /__l l l / l l l l l l / l l AudiDudi@delphi.com
> / l l_l \_l l l__/ l_l \_l l http://people.delphi.com/AudiDudi
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:20:51 -0400 (EDT)
> From: RAnd1148@aol.com
> Subject: Dealer Referrals/Tips for A4 30v Buyer
>
> I am looking to buy a new A4 30v...had a 1985 5000s long ago, thought it
> would be time to get back into the fold! Understand they are shipping in
a
> few weeks--would appreciate any dealer referrals, on line service
referrals,
> advice, etc. from anyone who has recently goen through the process or is
> doing same. I live in the midwest (Minneapolis) but can fly in/drive out
if
> car is within 900 miles or so.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Bob Anderson
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:24:15 -0400
> From: "Sean Ford" <sean@nwh.org>
> Subject: Re: TQW Detail
>
> Oh, well when you put it that way... what you are listing are your
concerns
> related to engine compartment cleaning. I'm sure if you were to express
> these concerns to the person performing the cleaning, then the
appropriate
> measures would be taken to avoid these particular pitfalls. Me? I like to
> get in there myself and just clean up a bit, especially that plastic
header
> cover.
>
> Sean Ford
> sean@nwh.org
> Newton-Wellesley Hospital
> Newton, MA 02162 (USA)
> '92 Audi 100CS 5spd 18K miles (and counting)
> '89 Suzuki Katana 600 14K miles (out and about, and running strong)
>
> - ----------
> > From: VINCELYONS@aol.com
> > To: sean@nwh.org; savidesn@audvid.win.net; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > Subject: Re: TQW Detail
> > Date: Thursday, April 17, 1997 10:41 PM
> >
> > In a message dated 97-04-15 12:12:17 EDT, you write:
> >
> > << Personally, I like a clean engine compartment. Maybe it's the
styling
> of
> > my Audi's engine cover, I don't know, but I really do enjoy popping
that
> > hood and showing off the engine, when clean, to friends and family.
> > >>
> >
> > It is often a pleasure to work on a clean engine however many
> > detailers go overboard on the pressure washers which get water
> > into every electrical connector, nook & cranny. Sometimes they
> > use degreasers that make the hosses soft and short lived. Then
> > some like coating the hoses with clear lacquer so that they will
> > appear glossy. Others like getting out black spray paint and
> > giving everthing that won't come clean a gloss black coating that
> > really looks like shit when it starts to peal in 1,000 miles.
> >
> > nah....
> > I'll take the dirty engine.
> >
> > Vince Lyons
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:26 -0500
> From: "Linkov, Jonathan" <LinkovJ@nrf.com>
> Subject: Funny - No Audi content
>
> > |Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take
> > | to change a light bulb?
> > |
> > |A: 1,331:
> > | 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail
> > | list that the light bulb has been changed
> > | 14 to share similar experiences of changing light
> > | bulbs and how the light bulb could have been
> > | changed differently.
> > | 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
> > | 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
> > | changing light bulbs.
> > | 53 to flame the spell checkers
> > | 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about
> > | the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness
> > | to this mail list.
> > | 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
> > | 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and
> > | to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
> > | 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
> > | alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing
> > | light bulbs be stopped.
> > | 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
> > | are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts
> > | **are** relevant to this mail list.
> > | 306 to debate which method of changing light
> > | bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs,
> > | what brand of light bulbs work best for this
> > | technique, and what brands are faulty.
> > | 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of
> > | different light bulbs
> > | 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and
> > | to post corrected URLs.
> > | 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that
> > | are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs
> > | relevant to this list.
> > | 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
> > | them including all headers and footers, and then
> > | add "Me Too."
> > | 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing
> > | because they cannot handle the light bulb
> > | controversey.
> > | 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
> > | 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
> > | 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
> > | 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion
> > | was meant for, leave it here.
> > | 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
> >
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:31:53 -0700
> From: "Shaun D. Mullen" <smullen@philly.infi.net>
> Subject: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
>
> As reported in the Friday 4/18 Boston Globe, the cigarette manufacturers
> hammering out a settlement with U.S. attorneys general have thrown in
> the towel and agreed to remove all advertising from, among other things,
> all venues and vehicles in U.S. events (read F1, NASCAR, and so on), and
> stop endorsing such events.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:36:49 -0400
> From: Glenn Lawton <lawtonglenn@gsmai.com>
> Subject: Re: Exactly my concerns
>
> Steven Buchholz wrote:
> > ... nearly $400 for the only official QCUSA event anywhere near where I
> > live!? I was hoping to go to the Virginia City Hillclimb this year ...
>
>
> What are the details of the Virginia City Hillclimb?
> Glenn
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:53:05 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>
> Subject: Re: AUDI IN TURBO MAGAZINE
>
> On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Ross wrote:
>
> > Hi guys just wanted to tell you guys to keep
> > your eyes open for TURBO MAGAZINE
> > My 1987 5kcstq with 311hp at the wheels
> > is going to be featured in it!!!!
> > It's the june issue which comes out May 1st
> > I own RIPP MODIFICATIONS IN NEW YORK
> > my number is in TURBO if anyone needs it!!!
> > ----------
> Ross,
>
> Please tell us about your car, since many here do not subscribe
> to Turbo, and it is not readily avaiable in the stores.
>
> What have you done to the car to get that kind of hp, and how did
> you test it to find that out? Show us a time slip from a drag strip.
>
> Thanks very much.
> Later,
> Graydon D. Stuckey
> '86 5KCSTQ, looking for more power...
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:59:30 -0400 (EDT)
> From: QSHIPQ@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Smokin somethin
>
> You write:
> >Guess what - this thinking is BULLSH*T! Pure, unadulterated, 100% BS.
And
> dumb.
>
> >I used to teach at American Motorcycle Institute in Daytona Beach back
then,
> >and I assure you, if any of my students had tried to break in a BMW (or
> >anything else) in that manner, I would have taken them out and shot
them.
> >Promptly.
> >
> I respectfully submit that you read the article, though I summed the
> procedure up in one sentence, I assure you, the method was as described
> ("bottom end and valve mechanisms pre-lubed normally, top end assembled
dry
> except for a single drop of oil on each piston skirt. The engine is
started
> and instantly brought to half of redline rpm and held there for
30seconds.
> This produced a good break-in and a strong engine every time. In
effect, he
> was having to get rid of the oil to get a good break-in."). Page 16 of
Cycle
> World, May 1997. Now, one might find your ranting, fuming and while you
were
> running the classes at the Motorcycle Institute, tempered by the source
of
> that particular method of break-in. Udo Gietl was THE builder of
motorcycle
> race engines for BMW America importer Butler & Smith. HE had the multiple
> engines fail the break-in on the dyno and the track. HIS method was as
> described in the article. Given his guru status, not sure ANYONE has the
> credentials to call him dumb, or any of his methods unadulterated BS.
>
> Read the article, it addresses your blood pressure well, and has sound
> engineering principles. I personally would have had the same reaction as
you
> initially Mike, I posted this article because of it's sound presentation
of
> addressing the same points you fired in your rebuttal.
>
> At your newstand now
>
> Scott
> All toys bedded the "traditional" way
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:05:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>
> Subject: Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Shaun D. Mullen wrote:
>
> > As reported in the Friday 4/18 Boston Globe, the cigarette
manufacturers
> > hammering out a settlement with U.S. attorneys general have thrown in
> > the towel and agreed to remove all advertising from, among other
things,
> > all venues and vehicles in U.S. events (read F1, NASCAR, and so on),
and
> > stop endorsing such events.
>
> This sounds so ridiculous, that I might guess it was an April fools joke
> if it were a couple weeks earlier. I can't see them throwing the towel
> that easily - not in America, the land of the free! That will be very
> bad for motorsports, unless the tobacco guys find a different way to
> support/advertise the racing industry.
>
> Later,
> Graydon D. Stuckey
> '86 5KCSTQ - Lotsa Go-fast Toys!
> '89 T-bird - Lotsa Look-Good Toys! (don't need any more Go-fast toys!)
> '85 RX7 - pooooooor baby, No Toys! :-(
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:26:14 -0500
> From: "Lucas, Brent" <lucasbl@Maritz.com>
> Subject: Re: A Volvo V70 wagon spotted...(4WD??)
>
> > From: Nivi@aol.com
> > Subject: A Volvo V70 wagon spotted...(4WD??)
> >
> > ...spotted a V70 wagon - is that the 4wd version? Or it just means
wagon?
> >Anyway, not too different from the 850 wagon....
>
> The "V" stands for 'versatility' and is the designation for all of their
> new wagons. The AWD version is not out yet--will be available in July
> '97 only with slushbox and light-duty turbo (190 bhp). For more info,
> including detailed description of how Volvo's AWD system works, go to:
>
> http://www.volvocars.com
>
> Choose 'News' in the destination box, and go to 'Press Releases' to find
> article.
>
> Brent Lucas
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Bob D'Amato" <mx@snet.com>
> Subject: Anyone actually climbing Mt Wash?
>
> Any other listers actually climbing their Audi's (or other) this year? I
> know Trish and Ray are...
> Let me know!
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Bob D'Amato SNET 300 George St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-771-7081
> http://www.quattro.org
> Drive Safe, Drive Fast, Drive a Quattro
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:34:58 -0400
> From: "Marc D. Gorelick" <marcg@mich.com>
> Subject: '87 4K CSQ front lighting
>
> Greetings Qlisters:
>
> I've got an '87 4kCSQ. Set into the front bumper of the car are (seems to
> me) relatively useless reflectors that seem to be crying out to be
replaced
> with fog/driving lights. Anyone with a similar car tried to do this? I
know
> the car is rather old, so there isn't much chance of finding a nice kit
to
> do it for me. I'm willing to "homebrew" something if anyone else on the
> list can point me in the right direction.
>
> BTW do the blank "extra" switches on the instrument cluster actually have
> contacts in them? I'd love to use them to control the fogs or other cool
> electrical gizmos if possible.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:41:56 -0400
> From: "Marc D. Gorelick" <marcg@mich.com>
> Subject: Etiquette nit-picking
>
> (Flame-retardant suit on)
> (Miss Manners mode on)
> Hi folks!
>
> Can the folks who are read the digest version of the list kindly refrain
> from quoting back the entire digest issue to the list when replying to a
> message? This inherently doubles the size of the issue and wastes
> bandwidth. I am a digest subscriber and I have to cut-and-paste a lot
when
> replying to messages, but I think it's worth not making people read the
> whole digest twice.
>
> I'm sure some people have nasty email systems that make this difficult,
but
> if there's a way to do it I think it would be appreciated by most other
> readers of the list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> (Miss Manners mode OFF)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:41:34 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Bob D'Amato" <mx@snet.com>
> Subject: Fueling the flame (was cough cough)
>
> > As reported in the Friday 4/18 Boston Globe, the cigarette
manufacturers
> > hammering out a settlement with U.S. attorneys general have thrown in
> > the towel and agreed to remove all advertising from, among other
things,
> > all venues and vehicles in U.S. events (read F1, NASCAR, and so on),
and
> > stop endorsing such events.
>
> Yeah, but there is no F1 event in the US, so thats OK, and who the hell
> wants to watch bubba racing ^H^H^H^H^H Nascar????
>
> No, we DONT want to start that again, but geez, when a carrot is
waved......
>
> :)
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Bob D'Amato SNET 300 George St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-771-7081
> http://www.quattro.org
> Drive Safe, Drive Fast, Drive a Quattro
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:59:24 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Bob D'Amato" <mx@snet.com>
> Subject: Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Graydon D. Stuckey wrote:
>
> > that easily - not in America, the land of the free! That will be very
> > bad for motorsports, unless the tobacco guys find a different way to
> > support/advertise the racing industry.
> >
>
> It can be like Colin McRae's WRC Subaru.... with its (555 sponsorship.
> Where cigarette advertising wasnt allowed, they used the bracket and then
> 3 icons that LOOKED like 5's. I would suspect the same thing here, i.e.
> Marlborough would use the red white motif but not use the name. Kind of
> an international symbol just in their paint schemes.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Bob D'Amato SNET 300 George St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-771-7081
> http://www.quattro.org
> Drive Safe, Drive Fast, Drive a Quattro
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:03:59 -0700
> From: "Rick H. Louie" <rxlouie@uswest.com>
> Subject: Re: Washer jets
>
> Robert Myers wrote:
> >
> > Hey Y'all,
> >
> > The driver's side windshield washer jets on my '89 200TQ don't flow
> > sufficiently to allow use of the washer. I've tried cleaning the jets
from
> > outside. I think I'm gonna hafta remove the assembly and really get to
work
> > on them.
> >
> > Now the question: Just how do I get that sucker out and back in
without
> > tearing sumpin' up?
> >
> > ___
> > Bob
> > *****************************************************************
> > * Robert L. Myers rmyers@inetone.net Home 304-574-2372 *
> > * Rt. 1, Box 57 FAX/Modem 304-574-1166 *
> > * Fayetteville, WV 25840 WV tag Q SHIP *
> > * Obligatory quattro and sleddog-L references: *
> > * My 3 Siberian Huskies enjoy riding in my '89 200TQ *
> > *****************************************************************
> There is a smaller plastic piece on some 200 that is in the piping prior
> to the knozzle that gets broken or clogged. You may check that before
> disassembling everything.
> - --
> ******************
> Rick H. Louie
> rxlouie@uswest.com
> ******************
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:27:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>
> Subject: MAC-10 connector wires-BIGGER Question
>
> Ok, here's the BIGGER question: If I have a California 5ktq and only the
> automatic trans boost limiter wire is cut, should I cut the CA emmisions
> wire. I live in Oregon and this will never again be a CA car, so will my
> performance improve if I cut this wire?
>
> I have a copy of the ecu's code, but am pretty computer language
illiterate.
> Anyone know exactly what that one state only wire controls?
>
>
> >> > Hi everybody!
> >> I just started looking closely at my MAC-10 unit connector and
noticed
> >> 2 wires which appear to have been cut/disconnected. I currently
don't
> >> have Bentley manual, so I was wondering if somebody on the list
with
> >> manual for 86-88 5000TQ could look up what signals these wires
carry.
> >> (Below is rough drawing of connector, with wire positions/color
> >> indicated).
> >>
> >> 2nd wire from right,top
row(brown/white)
> >> |
> >> | |----------------------------|
> >> |--| |_______
> >> |--| |-------
> >> | |____________________________|
> >> ^
> >> |
> >> 6th wire from left, bottom row(brown/blue)
> >>
> >> Thank You
> >> Piotr
> >> 86' 5000CSTQ
> >> 87' 944T
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> Regards,
>
>
> John Karasaki
>
> Audi Quattro Fanatic
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:41:19 CDT
> From: "Al Powell" <apowell@agcom.tamu.edu>
> Subject: Hand on Shifter
>
> gwf@joker.ho.lucent.com asks:
>
> > Going over the owners manual of my A4 1.8TQ, I noticed a paragraph
> > in there that says to not keep your hand on the "stick", as this
> > would cause premature wear of the clutch. How true is this statement?
>
> It's not. You will tend to destroy the sync rings in the
> transmission, which are MUCH more expensive and harder to replace!
> Riding the clutch will kill it - resting your hand on the gearshift
> can add loads to the gears/syns rings in the tranny. Both are BAD
> practices. (Truth in posting notice: I'm interpreting information
> from other vehicles to the Audi, as I have not witnessed an Audi
> transmission damaged by this.)
>
> > One habit I do have is to rest my right hand on the shifter when I
> > drive. I've never had premature wear problems with the Hondas that
> > I've owned. Are Audi's different? Is it OK if I just rest it there,
> > and not depress or move it?
>
> If you ever attend a driving school like Bondurant, I assure you that
> this habit will be extinct by the end of the FIRST ride with an
> instructor. Being gently SNARLED at every time your hand touches the
> shift knob when you're not shifting has a way of modifying behavior!
>
> When you're driving, your hand should never - ever -
> touch the gearshift unless you are actually shifting. When it's on
> the shifter, you have reduced your control of the vehicle by 50%, as
> it means that hand is not on the steering wheel, nor is it anywhere
> near it.
>
> I'm not picking you you personally, but this is simply a habit which
> is easy to acquire - many people have it - but it is a BAD practice.
> When you are driving, yor hands belong on the steering wheel. Yes, I
> occasionally drop a hand off the wheel while driving on trips, to
> rest it. But usually on my leg or with fingertips still in contact
> with the wheel...not as far away as the shifter.
>
> > The shifter stick can move up and down,
> > something my other cars didn't allow. Would depressing the shifter,
> > either intentionally or resting on it, cause the clutch to wear more?
>
> I really don't understand why they cite the clutch, as I can't see
> any way this could cause wear there. But any potential to cause
> transmission wear by adding a load on the gears from resting your
> hand on the shifter should be considered.
>
> IF the design of the manual tranny/shifter is such that no side loads
> on the gears or sync rings are created, I know my list-friends will
> correct the error. But even then - the hand does not belong on
> the gearshift unless you are shifting.
>
>
> *.......................................................*
> Al Powell, Ph.D. Voice: 409/845-2807
> 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Fax: 409/862-1202
> College Station, TX 77843
> Http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/satellit/alpage.htm
> *.......................................................*
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:45:58 -0600
> From: Dave Lawson <dlawson@digitalglobe.com>
> Subject: affordable track event
>
> For those looking for an affordable track event, the CO region of QCUSA
> is having a 2 day event on May 17 and 18 (sat/sun) at the Stapleton
Airport
> track just outside of Denver. It is a 3.1(?) mile, very open, road
course,
> which runs on the old runways and taxiways. Cost is $100 for both days,
> a smokin' deal. Make your plans and come on out.
> - -
> Dave Lawson
> 86 gt, graphite
> 83 ur-q, lhasa green
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 10:51:28 EST
> From: jackr@internet.kronos.com
> Subject: V8 brake pads Performance Friction #
>
> Can anyone verify for me that the correct Peformance Friction front
> brake pads for a V8 with the standard brakes (not ufo's) is 394?
> Anyone have any experience with the Performance Friction pads?
>
> Also, is changing these pads as easy as on the 4kq? I don't have a
> manual for the V8, but on the 4kq, it's a piece of cake. Will I run
> into any particular difficulties? Is the pad-wear warning light
part
> of the pads, or a part of the caliper?
>
> Jack Rich
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 11:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>
> Subject: Re: V8 brake pads Performance Friction #
>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 1997 jackr@internet.kronos.com wrote:
>
> > Can anyone verify for me that the correct Peformance Friction
front
> > brake pads for a V8 with the standard brakes (not ufo's) is 394?
> > Anyone have any experience with the Performance Friction pads?
> Jack,
>
> The 394 is the pad number for the Girling 60 dual piston
> caliper. PFC is not building those pads at this time. BTTT
>
> Later,
> Graydon D. Stuckey
> '86 5KCSTQ - Lotsa Go-fast Toys!
> '89 T-bird - Lotsa Look-Good Toys! (don't need any more Go-fast toys!)
> '85 RX7 - pooooooor baby, No Toys! :-(
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: 18 Apr 97 11:22:02 EDT
> From: Andrew Buc <72220.443@compuserve.com>
> Subject: QListers flip over BMW news
>
> > the chauffeur of the President of BMW was demonstrating the
> > superior handling characteristics of a new BMW Wagon for a large
> > crowd when he rolled it
>
> > THIS IS NOT BMW BASHING
>
> No, reporting something truthfully, as it happened, isn't bashing--it's
stating
> a fact!
>
> - --Andrew Buc, Seattle, WA; Internet: 72220.443@compuserve.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:19:04 -0400
> From: "Richard Haroutunian"<Richard_Haroutunian@inso.com>
> Subject: Book/Market Value -5KTQ
>
> Anybody know the book value of a 1987 5KTQ with 99K miles?
>
> How about the 'market' value?
>
> Much Appreciated
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 11:28:47 -0500
> From: "Jon W." <jwilliam@ns1.water.net>
> Subject: Re: S4, fault code
>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:08:33 -0700
> > From: Geoff Jones <geoffreyjones@sprintmail.com>
> > To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > Subject: S4, fault code
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Would someone who owns the Bentley for a '93 S4, please look up this
fault
> > code??? This is via the check engine warning light after spanning the
diagnostic
> > terminals on the fuse / relay block.
> >
> > long - short, short - short, short - short, short, short - short
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
>
> It's Morse code. It's saying, "Sell your car to Jon William for way
> under market value or I'll explode."
>
> I'd listen to it. S4's don't mess around.
>
> Jon
> _______________________________________
> jwilliam@water.net
> '87 Audi Coupe GT
> still trying to put in that stupid reverse switch
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:09:11 -0400
> From: Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>
> Subject: Re: Cough, cough, hack, hack (marginal Audi comment)
>
> At 09:05 AM 4/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Shaun D. Mullen wrote:
> >
> >> As reported in the Friday 4/18 Boston Globe, the cigarette
manufacturers
> >> hammering out a settlement with U.S. attorneys general have thrown in
> >> the towel and agreed to remove all advertising from, among other
things,
> >> all venues and vehicles in U.S. events (read F1, NASCAR, and so on),
and
> >> stop endorsing such events.
> >
>
> Making way for the Mary Kay 200...
>
> ********************************AUDI
FAN***********************************
> EMCM(SW) Dave Head
> 87 5KCStq 189K miles 1.7 bar - soon to be much higher...
> qcusa #3442 Maitland, Florida
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:09:13 -0400
> From: Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>
> Subject: Diminished value
>
> For our lister fighting with the insurance company - check your state
laws
> for 'diminished value'. You obviously have a claim...
>
> Non - Audi content. Saw my first SLK today - not bad - however that has
to
> be about the ugliest yellow I've ever seen in my life...
>
> ********************************AUDI
FAN***********************************
> EMCM(SW) Dave Head
> 87 5KCStq 189K miles 1.7 bar - soon to be much higher...
> qcusa #3442 Maitland, Florida
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
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