Re: Trans-am quattro?

["Jouko Haapanen" <joukoh@vtoy.fi>]

I was eyeing one of these 10V Trans Am engines last night, brand new Audi
Sport built, never installed...

Pros:
1. Audi Sport Trans Am engine
2. Trans Am engine by Audi Sport

Cons:
1.Expensive
2. Has at for a few years, would need service pre-installation in Ingolstadt
(expensive)
3. Expensive
4.Would need regular service/rebuild at short intervals (expensive)
5. Expensive
6. Don't like red cam covers

I'd be better off looking at some 20V unitsfor the same amount of power, but
the nostalgia of the 10V is overwhelming.  I still don't know if the owner
will sell the engine and if at what price, so it's a bit too early to worry
about the other options.  FWIW, there was a V8 DTM engine as well as various
used 10V and 20V Audi Sport engines.

The reason for my visit was to look at an old S2 Group N car that I'm
looking at for a track project for next summer.  A shell complete with cage,
front left corner damaged but relatively easy to replace.  The warehouse was
full of the bits'n pieces required to build the car, from used Audi Sport
Alcon brakes to bins and bins of chassis bits and various transmissions and
differentials.  I was eying the bare body shells from Audi Sport and VW
Motorsport as well, these included a lightweight A4, and old 200, and a Golf
III Group A Kit Car.  I think they were all above and beyond any budget I
had in mind.

Jouko Haapanen
Pori, Finland


-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Kan <ti@amb.org>


   --snip--

>Audi entered the SCCA Trans Am series in 1988 with the 200 turbo quattro
>sedan race car.  It is a unusual in that it is production unit-body based,
>with extensive bracing.  This is unlike most other Trans Am cars which
>have full fledged tube frame chassis.  The 200q cars were powered by
>the race version of the 2.1 liter I5 10V engine putting out 510hp.  It
>is down in power and heavier than its competition, however the quattro
>system gave it the advantage in the corners.
>