Re: Ur-Q hydraulic head conversion questions...

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

In message <199904192351.TAA11554@urq.East.Sun.COM> Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware writes:

> Supposedly, there is an uprated solid-lifter head available from Audi;
> when I replaced mine ('83 UrQ), the part number was redirected to the
> newer head. It even had provision for the "air shroud" (???) injectors,
> which is I guess some air passage to direct some inlet air directly
> across/around/near (???) the injectors?

Did I report to the list on the odd engine I found in a WR ur-quattro
last week?  Engine number '15500' - no letters?

That engine had a solid lifter head with an air shround fitting.
Unfortunately, the WR's inlet manifold doesn't have the cast-in air
passage to supply it.

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