While I love my 4KTQ (http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36595) more than anything, time apparently doesn't share my feelings - it's got some significant rust problems that for some reason aren't getting any better with age.
So I was toying with the idea of getting something newer when "it" came along. "It" is a 1990 80 quattro that is almost completely rust free! Something you see from time to time on the left coast but very rarely here in New England. So I grabbed it!
Here are a few photos of the beauty:
There are a few more photos on my website: http://www.thelawsplace.com/Audi80Aug11/
The short-term plan for this car is to have it sit in the driveway over the winter, maybe fixing a thing or two along the way, while my bank account recovers from the purchase.
The long-term plan is to transplant a lot of the goodies from the 4KTQ. Although the 80's got a nice warmed-over 2.6 stroker motor in it, it really doesn't hold a candle to the AAN in the 4000. So that's coming over first. Later maybe the transmission, I think I might give the torsen a try for a winter to see what I think of it, then decide whether to put the locker in.
The 4KQ also has a very nice 5-lug and big-brake setup I'd like to transplant but I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to do it. The 80's got coilovers and nice goodies like 2-piece uprights and cast control arms I'd like to keep, but it seems a lot of the parts are incompatible so we'll have to see.
Anyhow that's it for now, you probably won't be reading much from me here until next spring. Although if anyone has any input on the 5-lug swap I'd love to hear it!
So I was toying with the idea of getting something newer when "it" came along. "It" is a 1990 80 quattro that is almost completely rust free! Something you see from time to time on the left coast but very rarely here in New England. So I grabbed it!
Here are a few photos of the beauty:
There are a few more photos on my website: http://www.thelawsplace.com/Audi80Aug11/
The short-term plan for this car is to have it sit in the driveway over the winter, maybe fixing a thing or two along the way, while my bank account recovers from the purchase.
The long-term plan is to transplant a lot of the goodies from the 4KTQ. Although the 80's got a nice warmed-over 2.6 stroker motor in it, it really doesn't hold a candle to the AAN in the 4000. So that's coming over first. Later maybe the transmission, I think I might give the torsen a try for a winter to see what I think of it, then decide whether to put the locker in.
The 4KQ also has a very nice 5-lug and big-brake setup I'd like to transplant but I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to do it. The 80's got coilovers and nice goodies like 2-piece uprights and cast control arms I'd like to keep, but it seems a lot of the parts are incompatible so we'll have to see.
Anyhow that's it for now, you probably won't be reading much from me here until next spring. Although if anyone has any input on the 5-lug swap I'd love to hear it!