'89 200q variants

[four.rings@mcione.com]

Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com> wrote:

>brooks
>[ brooks@frii.com    '89.5 200Q @ 1.8    S&W Sigma 9F 17+1 ]

Brooks,

What is the significance of calling your car an '89.5? That is, what (of
any significance) distinguishes a later-in-the-year '89 200q from its
younger '89 model-year siblings?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

->'89:
1. No airbag (insert your favourite sport steering wheel here)
2. Single knock sensor
3. Compression 7.6:1 (boost her up to the stratospheric levels)
4. Big K26 turbo (this baby _blows_ some pressure!)
Net result: a friggin freight train after you chip her up. Horrendous lag too
(one can't have the cake and eat it too, at least with a single turbo engine)

'89.5->
1. Airbag (you are married to the gigantic OEM 400mm steering wheel)
2. Two knock sensors
3. Compression 8.4:1 (careful here!)
4. Smaller K24 turbo (careful here even more, see an excellent post of Scott
Justusson "supersonic turbos")
Net result: a modest level of chipping allowed. A side benefit - less lag.

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- the good one ;-)