Re: Gear ratios

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Hi Jeffrey,

>>That is exactly what I have 1781 carburator engine with 90bhp. And my
>>Audi is Quattro. Fortunately I have service book of this car and I can
>>say that engine is original.

>!TZZZZZBBBB ... that's the sound of my buzzer working backwards.  I've
>searched my literature and can find no reference to this car at all ...
>period.  Frankly, I'm surprised Audi built it since everything I read claims
>that ALL 80 quattros -- both 1.8L and 2.2L -- came with fuel injected
>motors.  You learn something every day.

Hmmm... quote from Dutch book, 'Auto '85', translated: 'the four-cylinder
80 quattro is *no longer* available in this country'. To be no longer
available, it must have been so at some time...

>>But I see that with my rare combination I will newer get this data unless
>directly from Audi GMbH :-(

>Out of curiosity, what langauge was your manual printed it and/or which
>market was your car originally built for?  I, for one, would certainly like
>to find out more about it...

Boy, I wish I'd bought those $0.50 brochures of the old 80 and 90 at that
club meet a year ago. Very useful data...

Bye,

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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