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

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

Part of the fun for me with getting a 944TS would be that I would NEVER do
any underhood work on the car.  I know the Audis well enough that I feel
guilty when I don't have the time (never have any time) to fix it myself!
No guilt with the Porsche.



At 07:13 AM 6/15/99 -0400, Jon Linkov wrote:
>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?
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>>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!
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>>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...
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>>frank
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Best Regards,

John Karasaki