Re: Extinction of 200 20vt <was economics of...

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

In message <000301bec4fb$5b9e77e0$58432399@connerb.rayovac.com> "Daniel Hussey" writes:

> Did they do any body strengthening and extra support when they added the 3B
> motor to the Ur-Q in europe???  I'm figureing they did and would probably
> have to change some of the support structure, etc to shoehorn that motor in
> that cramped engine bay.  Maybee Phil can answer this one....Phil????

No.  The ur-quattro is immensely strong as it is.  They modified the
body shell only to accomodate the cats, and in fact ceased production
of the old body as a spare part.

> Too bad we never saw Ur-Qs and coupe Quattros with the 20V motor over here.
> Would have been nice to have a factory original 20V Ur-Q!  ;^)

Saw one yesterday.  Runs like a dog - the owner replaced the cats with
straight-through pipes and now can't get to redline.  He's bringing it
over next week for me to play with.

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 Phil Payne
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