New 5kcstq owner

[Steve Burke <sburke@wvu.edu>]

After eight months of lurking on the list and searching for the perfect
Quattro to replace my 86 5ks (six years together), I finally found a low
mileage (145k) beauty about 30 minutes away.  It's a 1987 model, and
seems to have been well maintained at a dealer because everything down
to the air filter is OEM.  Everything works, even the air conditioning,
and the interior is in excellent condition.  The silver exterior shows
that it was not garage kept, but when buying this car, paint was the
least of my concerns.  
	It doesn't seem to be much more lively than the auto tranny 5ks.  It
gets 1.3 bar pretty readily, but even under boost, it seems unwilling to
go.  At high engine speeds, it is even more uninspiring, and I've never
taken it to the redline because it doesn't want to go.  Sometimes it
seems to surge, like the timing is being retarded, but it might just be
the A/C coming in and out.  I have 93 octane in the tank.  My suspicion
is that there is an intake or exhaust restriction, so I put together a
gauge with some hose to test my exhaust backpressure as per Scott Mo.'s
page.
	 While I was poking around under the hood last night, I found a sensor
with the wire disconnected.  I looked through the Bentley and found it
was called the "wastegate heat shield thermoswitch", but it gave no clue
as to what it is for.  Is this important?  I hooked it up, but didn't
notice any difference in my one mile commute this morning. 


			Steve Burke
			Morgantown, WV