Re: Motor dropping ......

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Ti Kan writes:

>Michael Spiers writes:
>> Can I deam from this
>> discussion that the motor in his 924 is the same motor as is in the
4000's?
>>  How about my sisters '90 80?  And the VW Golf's, for that matter?  I have
>> plenty of access to any of the above motors and parts...  Enquiring minds
>want
>> to know!
>
>No.  Although the 924 has an Audi engine, it isn't an engine that
>Audi or VW has used in its own models.  Some of the engine parts
>and tools are common or similar to the other water-cooled VW/Audi cars,
>though.

Actually, the original 924 motor was based on the Audi 100 motor.  No, not
the 5 cylinder motor we're all accustomed to, but the 4 cylinder 2L motor
from the early 70s Audi 100--the one with the problematic inboard brakes.  I
believe this motor continued for some time as a truck motor (after the 5 cyl
Audi 100 was introduced in the late 70s) as well as the basis for the 924.
 When Audi discontinued the 4 cylinder, Porsche brought out the 2.5L 944
motor (or rather, halved the 928 V8).

Linus Toy
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