Re: Upshift Relay

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

jon beck writes:
> I have an '86 4000s, 180K that I recently purchased, my first audi.  I have 
> been making many small repairs with the help of my Bentley and my VW ('86 
> sirrocco, same engine as mine) owning friends.

The 86 4000 doesn't actually have the same engine as the Scirocco.
The 86 Scirocco as sold in the US is the low-compression 90hp unit
(same as the the 83-84 GTI).  The 85-87 4000 on the other hand has
the high compression 102hp unit, with knock sensing ignition.  The
equivalent engine is used in the 85-87 VW GTI/Jetta GLI.  The 87+
Scirocco went to a 16V motor so it's different again.

> We discovered that we could 
> get rid of the annoying upshift indicator in both of our cars by removing a 
> relay.  My question is, will anything else be harmed by the removal of this 
> relay?  Am I screwing up any emmissions things or anything else?

No harm done.

> I also 
> changed the door open ding/dong relay to a VW realy that has a better 
> sound, a 3-toned noise.  Will that present any problems?  The relay from a 
> VW fits in my audi, but there are fewer pins on the VW relay.

No harm there either.  Except I (and many of my friends) have the
opposite opinion about which sounds better.  Some of the VW guys
consider a swap to the Audi chime an enhancement...  The VW chime
is real cheesy-sounding to me, like a ice cream van siren.  The Audi
chime is more soothing sounding...  Well I guess I each his own.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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