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Audi 4000 Turbo quattro Conversion |
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| Last updated: 5/10/2010 |
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Update
Start of Original Web Site: I am creating this web page for several reasons. First to improve my web authoring skills. Second to keep distant friends and family up to date on the project. Third to maybe give some helpful information for others considering undergoing the same or similar projects. This first page gives some background on why I would go to the trouble, why I don't just buy a new car like everyone else. I will add pages as I get further along in the project. I will also update my costs incurred on the Total Bill page. I welcome any comments or questions any reader has on this project. Below are two of our four cars. The fashionable suburban was my primary transportation during this conversion project. Usually it gets used only on weekends or towing. I had to fix the A/C before starting all this. You may notice in the picture the change in lights. These Euro lights made a huge difference and I strongly recommend them. I got mine on ebay.de. I may add a page on these in the future. The suburban actually also has E-code lights. This picture is actually from before the swap, but from the outside the car looks almost no different now.  As you all know every project has to start somewhere. I bought my first Audi in the summer of 2000. My Rabbit GTI had gotten a little loud and obnoxious for daily driving and I have always liked the look of the 4000. My search took some time as I wanted a loaded car, but no leather. I found one in NC that needed some work. The brakes were rather scary especially for such a mountainous area. So a friend and I trailered it home. I replaced the shocks, brakes, a wheel bearing, strut bearings, and control arm bushings. As I let the car off the jack I quickly realized it was in neutral and the brake was not set. Let me tell you that car rolls well and is very heavy compared to a rabbit. It pretty much dragged me down the driveway until about 8 ft later our Suburban's front bumper stopped it. Always a great way to finish a project. Therefore much to my dismay I also replaced the rear light bar. Since the first maintenance I have needed a new water pump, muffler and new lifters. Other than that it has just been oil changes. I have band aided the odometer 3 times and it is currently broken. My estimate of the mileage is somewhere in the low 200k range. The car has been amazingly reliable. Those of you know and love Audi 4000 cars will likely understand my desire for some more power. I regularly rent cars when traveling on business. Everything I get regardless of how cheap a car accelerates faster than the 4000. However even the very nice ones don't handle as well. I have several times been traveling down a highway on ramp and wondered who was squealing their tires. It was of course me, but I was traveling at a speed well under what the 4000 could manage. In southwest VA we don't get all that much snow, but the 4000
has always impressed us. Even when our 4x4 Suburban with limited
slip is spinning up the driveway the Audi with its differentials locked
goes right out without any spinning. |