Subject: '91 Audi 200q 20vt for Sale

[C1J1Miller@aol.com]

Mike wrote:
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 I went to look at a '91 200q 20vt last night, these cars were never sold
 in Canada and this is a US spec model. The car is currently for sale just
 East of Toronto Canada, the seller is asking $8,900 CDN or ~5,800 US.
 There will be 15% sales tax but at this price I don't expect it to last
 long and he has an offer of $8,000 CDN from a dealer.

 I had planned on buying the car to perform a 20vt conversion to my '83
 ur-q. I would have parted out anything I wouldn't
 need for the conversion. However after looking at the car I wouldn't have
 the heart to start disassembling it.

 The car is in nice shape. It's darkish metallic blue with grey leather
 sport seats and 86,000 miles. The rear windows have all been tinted very
 dark, the fronts to a lesser degree. There were a few scuffs on the rear
 bumper some stone chips and a little bit  of rust where passenger side
 bonnet shock had rubbed the paint off the top of the wing. The engine
 looked very clean with only a little light rust on the oil pan.
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Rust on the pan?  The 20-vt oil pan is made of aluminum, not steel like the
10-v turbos.  Can't rust.  Either it's not aluminum, or it's not rust.
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 I did not drive the car, it was actually parked in the service area of 
 Owasco Audi/VW having a hydraulic leak attended to. The owner said some 
 hydraulic work had already been done and that an o-ring was being replaced 
 under warranty. According to the owner the "brakes had been done" although it
was not clear if he meant the rears and/or the UFO's he did say the bomb had
been  replaced. When I asked about boost the owner paused and then said it was
making  1.4bar. The guy seemed nice enough just not very Audi knowledgeable.
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Again, the 20-vt when working correctly does 1.8 bar, or 1.7 displayed also
typical.  The 10-v turbo does 1.4 max stock.  There was a '91 200q in canada,
just not 20-v; there also was a '91 200 non quattro non 20-valve (US and
Canada)
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 So if you want details email me and I can pass on his number. He is very 
 motivated to sell and said that he had 5 other callers who were interested.
 He is also selling a rough looking '77 911 with a turbo body conversion. 
 apparently if he can sell both cars soon he has a new Contour SVT lined up 
 to buy.

 Regards, Mike

 p.s. I am probably walking away from one of these once in a life time 
 bargains, ho hum..... at least I'll still have a wife.
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I've still got my wife for similar reasons... that sounds wrong, huh...
If you're familiar with the 100/200 series, there are a few easy give aways to
show the '91 20-valve turbo.  Not saying this isn't one, just that you'd want
to make sure.
*Fender flares, front and rear, similar but smaller than the V8.  The 100/200
or 5000 has no flares.
*Aluminum oil pan
*Valve cover has plastic shroud over spark plugs/wires that says 20-valve
*Intake and exhaust manifolds on different sides of the engine.
*Different air intake/box
Take a look at Scott Mockry's page:
http://www.teleport.com/~scottmo/
as he has pictures of both engine compartments.  As the engine is mostly what
make the car special versus earlier years, it's only a fantastic bargain if
it's really a 20-v turbo.  And if it doesn't need many thousands of $$$ work.
Chris Miller, Windham NH, c1j1miller@aol.com
'91 200q => http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/index.html