'87 Coupe GT

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9705211434.AA24088@fluhr.austin.ibm.com> ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr) writes:

> Yes, the '87 Coupe GT switched engines during production in 2/87.  There
> were '87 Coupes with the digital dash and 2226cc engine.  The 2.3L has
> more HP, yes, but is also an interfering engine, so you have to be more
> careful with the timing belt.

> Certain Coupe model years are a mish-mash of various parts, so I don't know
> for sure if any '87 Coupes came with the analog dash (perhaps early '87 builds
> used some leftover '86 analog dashes, or perhaps the '86 switched over to
> purely digital late in the model year if they ran out of analog dashes).

I've never seen a Coupe GT with a digital dash.  Such things obviously exist, 
because the parts microfiche documents it.  However, the fiche doesn't seem to 
be anything like as clear with regard to chassis numbers as the ur-quattro 
fiche.  

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club