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General => New forum members => Topic started by: 1985sport on 05 January 2006, 22:01
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ah it feelsgood to join another four rings forum OOOO ...
wait a minute, transverse engines? TRANS-VERSE? whats going on here then? V...W? you what?!?!
No i havent wandered in to the wrong forum I just thought it was about time we had a bit of cross-marque platforum sharing! (geddit - platforum? never mind...)
I just joined to use the Mk2 forum knowledge base, as me Audi 80 Sport uses the same 8V engine, and the other forums i use (www.audifans.net and www.quattroforum.com) dont have a lot of 80Sport owners in them - not that many sports left now.
just thought id take the liberty of announcing myself here to as i enjoy chatting all things VAG - the older the better!
looking forward to chatting to you all soon
1985sport
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arrow. :cool:
Will be looking for an audi 80 tdi over summer eventually so might be going into uncharted territory myself come august.
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welcome mate :cool:
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i like older audi's! (and enw for that matter)
we've got some audi quattro turbo bits i think... (sure thats what dad said they were, been sat in our garage for ages since we got rid of car!)
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welcome  :smiley:
i nearly bought a A3 1.8 T
same engine as the GTI T im getting but cant be shure lmao  :laugh:
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welcome to the forum hun :smiley:
Dinx :kiss:
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thanks guys - trying to load a little pic to the side (goes over there<<<<) but wont do it - do i need to have a reference to a website or something?
han - you had a quattro turbo? one day i'll have one, one day! for now ive got to get my coupe quattro (NONturbo) on the road - got some more bits today so wont be long now! makes a helluva noise with the 5 cylinders.
martyn - yes a 1.8T is the same - again another great VAG engine. they know how to make them. although watch the video on forge motorsport - the air box collapses on the 1.8T when its topping out! (think its a TT)
slick - id be in uncharted territory with the diesels too!
heres a photo of the 80 back when she had seen better days ...
(http://C:\Documents and Settings\zoe harris\My Documents\Christopher\audi\P1020032)
1985sport
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Hell No! my dasd did when i was younger, its teh first car i remember... it was a good car!
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Had a 1986 sport D reg silver, excellent condition. Sold it to a guy at work when i bought my 16 valver.
He trashed it within 3 months. What a downer, beautiful car. :cry:
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a few mths back i had a audi 80 2.o16v
black with pukka wheels.. great car... sold it cause the mrs wouldnt drive it cause i wanted to drive the new beetle.. now she and the new beetle have buggered off i wish i hadnt sold it....
oh well cabby awaits
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Welcome to the forum :cool:
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Hiya!
Yeah Audis all good too.
enjoy.
:smiley:
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Welcome to the forum, has to go down as a very original introduction. :smiley:
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Hi mate and welcome.
Is that the old square shaped 80 Sport? Looks a bit like a Jetta?
Always fancied one of them myself! Did they do a 4wd version?
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Hiya :smiley:
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thanks all. gibby - thanks, i made the effort to be original so obviously it worked!
len405 - you've gone and got me started now!! yes its an old square shape sport, unfortunatly its white but ive had it a while and enjoyed it, my first VAG so im keeping it (though its seen better days).
in short, yes you can get a 4wd.
from here on might get confusing.
Y and A reg 80Sports are early types, still same 1800 8valve (shim tappets) different dash etc.
B reg to D reg 80Sports had a facelift, 1800 8 valve (hydraulic tappets).
Y reg to A reg 80 QUATTROS are 4wd 2144cc 5 cylinder cars.
B reg to D reg 80 QUATTROS are 4wd 1800 8 valve. you can get a 90 which is the 5 cylinder.
confusing but the idea was that 80 would be 4 cylinder, 90 would be 5 cylinder.
the trick bits on an 80Sport are the gearbox which is really close and low geared for great acceleration.not much top end though.
plus the 80Sport weighs only 980Kg so its pretty quick off the mark.
Ive also been told the throttle bodies are larger - i have no evidence of this however.
the 80 Quattro (Breg on) is same engine so in theory slower because its carrying around 2 extra diffs and a propshaft, however to compensate the first couple of gears are ULTRA low so that coupled with increased traction makes for lightning off the line.
confused yet? - its only taken me about 2 years to understand it all!
ive got my first question - when did the Golf GTi get the 1800 motor, and was it a shimmed tappet or hydraulic tappet?
as far as i know it was the late Mk1 - but when?
1985sport
P.S my excuse for not being out tonight is that its pretty minging out and i cant be arsed to go. nor can i be bothered to move the van out the way of the car to go for a drive! - GOTTA be up early in the morning to poach lots of bits off an old passat GL5 at the local scrappies too!! - oo and some audi speedlines i saw there as well! - im hoping they will look cool on my coupe.