Re: Truck Intercooler?

["Jason Gray" <jason510@worldnet.att.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jensen <sjensen@mindspring.com>
To: Quattro List <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:01 PM
Subject: Truck Intercooler?
>At the risk of ruining the Audi DNA structure, as well as being labelled a
>heretic, has anyone tried adapting a truck intercooler to an Audi turbo?  I
>have no idea whether they are more/less efficient, but I know of a few
>wrecking yards that are commercial truck only and was toying with the idea
>making a visit with a stock intercooler in hand.
>And a larger truck intercoolers' gotta be more common than the 20vt
>intercooler.



  Truck intercoolers can be adapted into cars but they will usualy be too
large and require that you cut and weld the tanks and core to get a suitable
fit. For a good web article descibing this process, check at
http://www.autospeed.com/S_technical/show_free/section.html

  BTW- I just yesterday purchased my first audi, an '87 4000cs quattro. I
recently moved to alaska and wanted an AWD car for winter driving, couldnt
stomache the thought of driving a older subaru so when I found my quattro
for sale, I snapped it up.
   The PO replaced all the suspension bushings, and shocks around 20K ago
yet my initial impression of the 4000 I bought is that it handles kinda like
a boat, springs too soft and too much body roll. Any suggestions for cheap
(junkyard?) springs and swaybars to liven up the handeling?

Later-
Jason K Gray
Wasilla Alaska
'87 4000csq
'73 2-door datsun 510 (turbocharged)
510 website http://home.att.net/~jason510/


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