RE: My '92 Quattro is a piece of #$$%^#@!!

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> 	>now MAYBE, just MAYBE, audi used a slushbox that was at the
> limit of its
> 	>design strength?  this box in typical service handles just 115
> bhp and
> 	>120+ lbft of torque in a car weighing well under 3000 pounds.
> in the case
> 	>of the vr6 versions, you have 170+ lbft, but still in lighter
> cars.
> 
> The old 3sp slushbox was successfully used on turbocharged 5Ks...
> although indeed working at it's limits. 

the '92 100Q uses the new VW 4 speed that first appeared on the '90
passat, not the old 3 spd that has been around forever.

the chief foreman at my dealership owns a fwd '90 200 w/ the old 3 speed
slush.  he refuses to chip us his car because he claims that any more
power and the tranny is toast.

i will find out for sure what the'92 100Q uses.  the ZF unit on the v8
and the 7 series bmws have the 3 mode switch (S,E,M) while i only
recall seeing a single "S" switch on the 100Q...


eliot