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Re: The next step...
>> found this varies by color -- have you ever noticed that every bodystyle has
>> one or two colors that flatter it and a whole handful that don't?) but I
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>I think thatthis is very true of the 5KCSTQ. It looks good in the light
>colours like the pearl white, Zermatt silver, adn the light blue because
>the dark beltline tends to lengthen the body visually. The darket
>colours allow the car to look short and pudgy. This is one of the few
>cases where I do not prefer the car in black.
I find this an interesting observation since one of the reasons I have 17"
wheels on my 200q is that I *want* it to look "short and pudgy" ... well,
maybe not pudgy exactly, but visually, the larger wheels/tires tend to make
it look much more proportional. Otherwise, I think it looks too long and
tubular ... YMMV, of course.
>I think that the next step for me with Audi will be either a '91 200TQ or
>an A4 with 2.8 V6. But, I _will_ install twin turbos, aftermarket EFI
>and a 3" exhaust. Mitsu or Garrett turbos... Already got 'em located...
>:-) A 1.8 4 banger is too small for that kind of car.
It's funny: As I get older and have more resources (read money) available to
play around with cars, I find I'm less interested in doing so, at least in
some ways. I do enjoy doing minor stuff -- revamping the suspension,
installing a bigger engine when rebuilding the old one, etc. -- but tackling
something like a twin-turbo setup at home isn't something I'm likely to
undertake these days. I'd rather buy a 1.8L turbo, play around with the
boost and/or someday install a 2.2L shortblock underneath it than tackle
something like putting twin turbos on the V6. In fact, I'm starting to have
second thoughts about doing the LT-1 conversion that I've been secretly
planning as well...
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