RE: I'm buying a Rally Car!!!!

[Mark Nelson <mnelson@brls.com>]

	<<As you should be!  Get ready to have some fun!  Just ask
Nelson.
> Right, Mark?>>
> 
As long as the water pump doesn't let go ;-).  Speaking of which, we
tore the motor apart on white trash last week, and found that the head
survived (passed a pressure test), and the bottom end looks good.  The
valves are cooked of course, but everything else appears to be
salvageable.  The clutch disc and flex plate have some nice
discoloration due to the intense engine heat, but are in good condition.

Paul bought a new motor w/a 1 year warranty, which was supposed to be
here last week, but will probably be here tomorrow.  We'll be running
this motor at Prescott, and in the meantime, building a juicier motor
with the existing motor.  Should be interesting... =)

Meanwhile, my dad may be acquiring a Toyota Celica All-Trac with a blown
motor (2.0L turbo).  So there may be another rally car we're building.

cya!

-Mark Nelson

'90 Audi S2 Quattro (building for scca pro rally)
'85 Audi 4000S Turbo Quattro (10VT, ABT sport cam w/1/2" of lift, G60's,
ATE grooved and cross-drilled rotors, KYB struts, Eibach Pro Kit
springs, 16" Borbet Type C's, Dunlop SP 8000's, blah, blah, blah)

"This Page Intentionally Left Blank" - Bentley, Factory Audi Manuals

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> From: 	Ben Bradley[SMTP:bradley@reed.edu]
> Sent: 	Sunday, September 07, 1997 7:24 PM
> To: 	Ramana Lagemann
> Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net; Mark Nelson
> Subject: 	Re: I'm buying a Rally Car!!!!
> 
> 
> Hi Ramana (and others):
> 
> > If all goes well, (read: I can get the cash together) I will be
> driving
> > down to NY to pick up my new 4KQ 10V Turbo!!! The car I will be
> buying
> 
> Congratulations!
> 
> > is Sakis Hadjiminas' old rally car. It has a Haltec fuel injection,
> as
> 
> If it's the one I think it is, it has a lot of potential.  I think I
> saw out out here on the west coast for the divisional runoffs a number
> of years ago.  It ran second to a local in an RX-7.  But for someone
> with less experience on these roads, Sakis did quite well.  I think he
> had a lot better luck in the 4000Q than he did in the 5000Q or even
> his S2 (or whatever that one he's running now is).
> 
> > I am paying 10K for the car as well as seats, a full set of spare
> parts
> 
> Sounds like a pretty good deal if the car is solid.  I don't know
> enough
> about it's history to know if it had any hard hits; I think it may
> have
> had some minor ones.
> 
> > Sorry for the useless waste of bandwidth, but I am so incrediblly
> > psyched of this purchase, it's keeping me up nights!!!!
> 
> As you should be!  Get ready to have some fun!  Just ask Nelson.
> Right, Mark?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Ben Bradley                  *There are only two types of rally
> drivers:
> bradley@reed.edu              Those who HAVE rolled and those who WILL
> Portland, Oregon USA               *Will co-drive for food...
> http://www.reed.edu/~bradley             *89 323 GTX, 67 Cortina GT
>