Re: 20V 5cyl Audi Motor replaces a 944 engine?

["Jon Linkov" <njconn@email.msn.com>]

I have a friend with a N/A 944. Says the belts are a pain. Some crazy system
set up for the 944.
Jon Linkov
njconn@msn.com
'96 A4q
ICQ# 8826028
http://www.quattroclubusa.org/r/potomac/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: frank j. bauer <frankbauer@thevine.net>
To: John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>; AudiQtroCp@aol.com
<AudiQtroCp@aol.com>; hsapir@earthlink.net <hsapir@earthlink.net>;
reming@idir.net <reming@idir.net>
Cc: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: 20V 5cyl Audi Motor replaces a 944 engine?


>At 10:57 PM 6/14/99 -0700, John Karasaki wrote:
>>At 10:25 PM 6/14/99 EDT, AudiQtroCp@aol.com wrote:
>>>         And this is exactly why I just bought a 944 turbo, every aspect
of
>>>this car is a better platform to work off of.   There are some very
>>>reasonable 944T's out ther eif you aren't in a hurry to find one.  My
>>>mechanic got one with 90k Miles for $4500...  Paid $6000 for mine and
worth
>>>every penny...
>>That's the same reason our seach has begun for a 944 turbo 'S'/ 1989 951
>>turbo, too!
>
>i don't know about the turbo, but i knew some who had a 16 valve 944 and
>the scheduled maintenance was a major ass chapper...
>
>frank
>