Re: 4K turbo conversion

[Bob <mx@snet.net>]

Brinkmann, Gerardo V wrote:
I do not believe that you can keep the stock AC, my car is a pro-rally car,

> so all of that
> has been removed. It's not the intercooler which gets in the way of the AC
> compressor, it the actual turbo
> and the piping

Right

> 1 - I used an engine from a 5000T (86 I think), you have to remove the oil
> pan and substitute the
> 4000 oil pan, as the 5000T is only about 1/4" from the radiator, with engine
> movement the
> 2 touch. I haven't made the change yet, as I will probably move the radiator
> sideways slightly.
>

I did not need to do this

> 2 - you need the bent right tie-rod arm - the UrQ arm will not fit, as the
> taper on the tie-rod is
> different.

I used an UrQ tie rod, and it worked perfectly.

>
>
> 3 - you have to finds someone with lots of Audi turbo hosing. The 4K engine
> compartment is
> narrower than the 5K and as a result I could not make the original turbo
> hoses fit properly.

I used a silicone flexible hosing which is pretty cheap and works great.

> The biggest problem being the placement of the intercooler and it associated
> hoses.
>

Yup!


Bob