[UrQuattro]

Seriously, stay away from dialynx....

I've just moved over to the p-car world in the past month, before that, since i was 16, i was in the audi world. first car was a coupe gt... that car was a ***** blast... Not powerful enough to kill me, but handled beautifully and allowed me to start fine tuning my skills for my later racing career...

Then I moved up to a 1985 4000 quattro. Same engine, 5 more hp because of a nicer downpipe from the exhaust manifold, and QUATTRO!!!... oh god did i love that car... That was the first car i really started to modify - but without any real hope of power, i eventually found the deal of a lifetime...

In 98, for 1700 dollars, i bought an 83 mars red UrQuattro. The engine was blown - well, the head was, but otherwise, is was in fine shape... brand new shocks, brakes, suspension bushings, etc etc etc... The guy had no idea how much this thing would fetch just for the front fender (about 1700 bucks)... That car turned in to my project for years... Ended up putting a later 5000 turbo motor in it, because of higher compression and a knock sensor, along with better engine management (though still a variation of cis)... Got the height adjustable coilovers, big reds on the front, i built a tilton dual master cylinder system to replace the hydraulic assist that it had stock for the brakes... I ultimately also switched over to laptop programmable EFI that did away with the distributor, 2 coils per cylinder, wasted spark, a custom garrett gt28r turbo, custom headers, and a 3" downpipe from the turbo back. Pumped it up to 21psi overboost/19lbs steady, and had myself a monster...

Before i did all that engine work, and when i had simply gotten it working by putting the later model 5 cylinder in it, I just put a chip in it, which bumped it to 13psi and about 220 hp... That car was faster than e36 M3's (i know, because i could chase them down coming out of turn 4 at laguna, and pass them by 6), and a LOT of cars that, listed here, you guys would yell bull**** at... I was doing a 1:58 lap at laguna on average sport street tires - and that was during my first 4 laps driving there...

That car let me do anything, and god was it amazing to take it out on the dirt. I kind of set a legend with the car when i took some friends of mine who had heard about how i was racing for audi at the time (small series, but still racing for audi), and had been wanting to see my urq for the longest time. They finally did at a campout... Fortunately, the road to get to the campout spot was a 12 mile dirt road that was well maintained... With 4 other people in the car, going 80+ on the speedometer through turns sideways, jumping over small hills, and basically having the best time of my life, I got down to the end, asked if everyone was ok, and they just started whooping and hollering at me to hurry up and do the same thing on the way back... I've never lived that down...

But now, the quattro has been taken to a point that it isnt practical for the street... Its too expensive on gas for my budget right now, so the 81 911 targa has taken over for the quattro, and i love every damn second in that car...

Anyway, sorry for the long-winded response - i got all sentimental..

Try audifans.com, and subscribe to the urq list. There are people on there who know more than some of the original designers about these cars... They can be very expensive to maintain, but as long as you replace the right factory bits with upgraded aftermarket ones, they can treat you well... My car didnt cost me any maintenance during the 2 years that i was taking it to the track every month and putting 7 hours of track time on it each of those weekends... well, other than one set of brakes per day (apparently, i really liked to rely on those big reds and brake super-late, and use the quattro to drive full throttle through the corner...), and a set of tires every few months...

Michael