Re: another quattro goes down in its element

[allan.olesen@post3.tele.dk (Olesen, Allan)]

On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 21:49:01 -0500, Brendan <bman@shentel.net> wrote:

>My 5k (an '87 S model quattro) has the lower gear ratios.  I don't know
>personally what determined which gear ratios were used in which 5ks.

In '83, the European 100 (equal to USA 5K) was sold with either 5
gears or 4 gears + E. The latter had a higher gear ratio, but top
speed could only be reached in 4th. In "E", 3k would be around 85-90
MPH.

I do not know for later models.

-- 
Allan Olesen, Denmark

83 100cd man. 243k miles (just runs and runs and...)
87 100cd aut. 144k miles (wish it did too)
84 Toyota Corolla        (no comments, hiding face behind newspaper)
66 Jaguar S              (rusting/awaiting restoration)
65 Jaguar S              (rusting/awaiting restoration)