RE: URQ 20V?

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Fact one: Everything (OK, almost everything ;-) is possible
Fact two: Not everything is worth the cost and effort.

Converting FWD automatic to quattro manual requires buying new
transmission, driveshaft, rear differential, rear suspension and apart
from putting everything together involves serious modifications to the
chassis (if it's possible at all). All this should be performed by very
competent (read: hard to find and expensive) workshop in order to
achieve satisfactory results (aligment comes to mind). I don't have an
idea how much would this costs, but I'm sure we're talking _huge_ money
here. For the cost involved, you could probably sell your car and bring
a nice 200TQ 20V or S4 from UK or Australia (or better yet USA - if it's
legal and you don't mind driving LHD car i South Africa). 

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gerard [SMTP:gerard@poboxes.com]
> Sent:	Monday, December 08, 1997 9:49 AM
> To:	Mike Zamikhovsky
> Cc:	phil@isham-research.demon.co.uk; sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu;
> quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: URQ 20V?
> 
> > He welded rear floor section from S2 or such into his shell to
> accomodate
> > rear diff.
> [...]
> However, one thing I really wanted to do was fit the
> quattro system in  place of the FWD I now run through my 3-speed
> auto tranny. I spoke to the guy at the stripping works and he said
> they could get me all the parts I'd need, but that the job was
> incredibly huge and what I should do is buy the quattro body from
> them. Now I see from this thread that there is someone who is
> modifying
> FWD motors to incorporate the quattro system. The guy I spoke to told
> me I'd need to replace the centre tunnel of the chassis to carry
> the extra shaft. So I was wandering how much of a job would it be to
> modify the body on the 200T to carry the quattro drive system, this
> would include modifications to the rear axle system and suspension.
> Also, what electronics would be involved?
> [...]
> G.
> -- 
> "a thousand miles from here, there is another person smiling"
> 1990 Turbo (200T)
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>