Re: My UrQ can beat up your 4kqtsleipoins or whatever it is.....hehe

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199812140736.CAA21723@coimbra.ans.net> Michael Williams writes:

> >>   ALL 4ksq have 4:11's BTW. And what about an UrQ with 4:11's?

> >Uhh, I thought the list consensus was that many later 4kq's had
> >3.89's.  I believe someone even counted the teeth on theirs to confirm but
> >I could be wrong.  And I thought all US UR-Q's had 3.89.  Isn't the
> >gearing in tranny different too.  Heck, the UR-Q redlines in 4th at same
> >speed 4kq redlines in 5th from some stuff I have read but again, I could
> >be wrong on this.
>
> Anyway, on this, i know for a fact that my 4kq has the 4.11 gear
> ratios...trust me, when im going 62 and its at 3000 rpm, it's irritating
> as hell, although the UrQ ain't THAT much better.  I still can't hit 60 in
> 2nd, and yes, 4th is just about the same as 5th in the 4kq.  Also, just
> to throw it out, people always hated the original gearing because of the
> supposed large jump from 2nd to 3rd.  I personally don't see what the
> problem is, 3rd is a WONDERFUL gear, and is just right after coming out
> of 2nd, yeah, i rev to 6000-6500 to get it into the right powerband in
> 3rd, but so what?

I'm staring at the microfiche.

The ur-quattro was always 3.89 - third and fourth gear were changed from
July 1983 - 1.46 and 1.07 versus 1.36 and 0.97 respectively.

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