1985 Audi Quatro £40000 why ?
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Thanks Andrew, did a search on SWB & found this www.quat.com/sqhome.html that explains it, bit like the Metro 6r4 etc
£43K!!!!
OMG.
A friend of mine is contemplating building a SWB Quattro out of a knackered old UR Turbo (or even just a 4WD GT Coupe) and has figured out its gonna cost around £7-£10k (depending on wheel & tyre combo, paint, seats/dash etc) and at least he would be able to trash it without feeling guilty. And it'll be RHD.
Obviously, if £$£$ were no object, I'd have a SportQuattro in a heartbeat
OMG.
A friend of mine is contemplating building a SWB Quattro out of a knackered old UR Turbo (or even just a 4WD GT Coupe) and has figured out its gonna cost around £7-£10k (depending on wheel & tyre combo, paint, seats/dash etc) and at least he would be able to trash it without feeling guilty. And it'll be RHD.
Obviously, if £$£$ were no object, I'd have a SportQuattro in a heartbeat
turbo-tastic said:
old UR Turbo
and
turbo-tastic said:
trash it without feeling guilty.
Is he some sort of psychopath? Forget the cut and shut business. All he'll end up with is a worthless, twitchy handling, hot-rod. Why not just take the ur-q, restore it and tune up the engine? Or rather replace the engine with a 20 valve unit and tune that up, since spares for the old WR engine are getting somewhat hard to find.
He already has a UR Turbo on its way to becoming a restored classic (sourcing front seats and some talking digi dash wiring to go)
I personally think its a bit of a bad idea, and if it was as easy as he seems to think, then why isn't everyone doing it?? But if it does work, what a result!! A SWB Quattro for less than a quarter of the cost!!
Anyway, he has had (and still is in) discussions with Dialynx (used to make SWB Quattros years ago, have a monsterous grey Sport Quattro) and some company who build Paris Dakar Land Rovers about cutting and shuting. He'll probably end up using a GT Coupe (cost more than anything).
To each his own I suppose.
Obviously if it does work, I'll be copying him immediatly, but I'll let him test the water first, cos I'm a good mate like that
I personally think its a bit of a bad idea, and if it was as easy as he seems to think, then why isn't everyone doing it?? But if it does work, what a result!! A SWB Quattro for less than a quarter of the cost!!
Anyway, he has had (and still is in) discussions with Dialynx (used to make SWB Quattros years ago, have a monsterous grey Sport Quattro) and some company who build Paris Dakar Land Rovers about cutting and shuting. He'll probably end up using a GT Coupe (cost more than anything).
To each his own I suppose.
Obviously if it does work, I'll be copying him immediatly, but I'll let him test the water first, cos I'm a good mate like that
[quote=pentoman]I seem to remember there was once a company that made short quattros from normal quattros.
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they still do..
www.dialynx.co.uk
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they still do..
www.dialynx.co.ukdeltafox said:
they still do..
Not anymore they dont!
They are more than willing to talk you through the nessacery modifications, but dont actually undertake the work themselves anymore.
As I mentioned previously, my friend has been looking into it.
What Dialynx are doing at the moment are 650BHP RS6 estates capable of 204mph @ 4500rpm!!!
deltafox said:
Hm wonder why theyve stopped doing em?
TBH id rather have a full length Quattro any day of the week.
I think the reason they gave my mate is something to do with not being able to warranty the work
Thats how I read it anyway.
And if money were no object, it'd have to be a SWB.
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