Hanks URQ 2.6L Autopsy

[Hank]

yep. My wife really wants to go down the week before to see her family, but I wnat to cruise down with you guys. It is too bad the drag strips are not open on Friday night at midnight. That would be fun to dink around. They are every other week, and we are on the off week.

[Mentosman42]

ah i see now about the bars, i would HIGHLY suggest keeping them, even more so if anyone else is *ever* in the car with you. being hit side on at high speeds is about the worst experience you can have WITH safety equipment, without i couldnt imagine being alive.


once you have a cage take EVERYTHING off the car safety wise except for the harness.

[Dave]

yep. My wife really wants to go down the week before to see her family, but I wnat to cruise down with you guys. It is too bad the drag strips are not open on Friday night at midnight. That would be fun to dink around. They are every other week, and we are on the off week.

tell her she can drive my wife down there with her.

[Hank]

THe week before?

[verbal kint]

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nice Type 3 - whats up with that ? I love your thread and car btw... :thanks:

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Europeans deemed them not needed.. What does the motorgeek crowd say?

Well, Germans at least don't even bother with tow or ramp trucks for accidents on the Autobahns.
Typically it's a flat bed with a crane. Which says something about what's left of the vehicle post accident.
What am I getting at? You will be driving a relatively powerful car with no roll cage and relatively minimum crash protection.- can you replace the heavy bars with something lighter that will still provide some additional protection in case you get T boned? Perhaps some large diameter Aluminum tubing?

The towing at an Autobahn is done by normal companies that usually tow parking offences in cities all day long and since tow trucks have become pretty uncommon in those narrow german cities its why you see flatbed cranes on Autobahnen mostly nowadays.
Imagine towing a car with engaged steering lock out of a 90° parking lot on a street that is 3m wide which is normal in inner city residential zones.
revenge...:
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However I agree on the outcome. You'll probably want as much protection as can be on a fast car. I wouldnt replace them until you get that cage (which is what you posted meanwhile)
As for why: I'd say this might as well have been an additional (informal) import tariff restricting the imports. Japan was pretty good in this too, where pure punishment through taxes wasnt enough they created absurd technical restrictions to limit foreign products in their markets.

[Dave]

i might get some work done that way... aren't you supposed to be at my house right now?

[stiroz]

Having seen these door bars I am still not sure they are worth the weight... not so much cause I want hank dead but more because I am not convinced they will stop much of anything short of the energy needed to accelerate the shear mass of them. These are not audi engineered, crash tested units: they are heavy however. Moving doors around the shop is a two man job, rolling the stipped car in and out takes one. I keep telling him we need to bolt a seat in, put goggles on and take a thrash around in a sub 2000 Lb UrQ :-)

[ralleyquattro]

My car came over in 1982 to Reno Nevada by a car collector. This may have been prior to the official plans to import. My records of hte import bill were almost 5 grand on top of a 36 thousnad dollar price tag on the car(converted currency).

Not sure if you do but I have whole bunch of pics from when Mr. Bond had it and even before.

Cheers

[Highlander]

That's funny Hank ,

I deleted my antenna hole also in my 84 urq.....who needs a stereo.


As for you coupe gt quattro project.....I'm thinking B5 suspension back there.

Cheers,

Craig

[Hank]

That's funny Hank ,

I deleted my antenna hole also in my 84 urq.....who needs a stereo.


As for you coupe gt quattro project.....I'm thinking B5 suspension back there.

Cheers,

Craig

Get outta my head Craig.. I have thought about just putting a 4kq rear end in, but now that i realize that hte strut towers are different, I think the way to go would to just cut out the floorpan out, and start with your own design. It would be nice to get the long snout diff in there too, so combined with the 11 inch scoot forward, you end up with a silly short 1 piece drive shaft. That would be neat.

[Highlander]

Good stuff Hank,

You don't want to know what I want to do next :frustrated:

I better focus on my current project first

Good luck with your cars.

Cheers,

Craig

[ralleyquattro]

I have thought about just putting a 4kq rear end in, but now that i realize that hte strut towers are different,

It all bolts up, you just need the matching 4kq subframe, tie rods and ball joints. That is basically what a 1983.5 and up Ur-q is like.

The only difference between a 1983.5 Ur-q and 4kq back there are the hubs and matchine rotors, everything else is exactly the same.

HTH

[Highlander]

I have thought about just putting a 4kq rear end in, but now that i realize that hte strut towers are different,

It all bolts up, you just need the matching 4kq subframe, tie rods and ball joints. That is basically what a 1983.5 and up Ur-q is like.

The only difference between a 1983.5 Ur-q and 4kq back there are the hubs and matchine rotors, everything else is exactly the same.

HTH

Martin ,

I think Hank is using the coupe gt floorpan

Cheers

[quattro87]

Hank, Hank, Hank,.......think paint!!!! Forget other coupe gt stuff for now. We are too ADD to let the mind start to wander.

[Highlander]

Come on John, have you looked in your garage lately .........................

That's where all the fun is.....dreaming of the next fix

Cheers,

Craig

[ralleyquattro]

I have thought about just putting a 4kq rear end in, but now that i realize that hte strut towers are different,

It all bolts up, you just need the matching 4kq subframe, tie rods and ball joints. That is basically what a 1983.5 and up Ur-q is like.

The only difference between a 1983.5 Ur-q and 4kq back there are the hubs and matchine rotors, everything else is exactly the same.

HTH

Martin ,

I think Hank is using the coupe gt floorpan

Cheers

Ahh.. no problem.. that would make sense now. My bad.

Cheers

[Kliminati]

I am partial to the Lago Metallic Blue (may be biased to it because its the color of mine tough lol)

[Audilard]

I am partial to the Lago Metallic Blue (may be biased to it because its the color of mine tough lol)

So am I, but he already said Lago was his second least favorite color....after port rose. So that narrows it down for everyone.

[quattro87]

Everyone knows that college students are notoriously poor and Hank already has a BUNCH of battle ship grey. When you're cheap what would a guy do I ask you? If it were me I'd have to pick the cheap way out and grab the grey, accidently drop the can and spill it all over the Lab's floor, spread it around to paint the floor a proper color and go buy a nice silver to paint the car with. But that's just me!!

[RSCoupe]

I'm going to guess silver... ;-)

[Audilard]

I'm going to guess silver... ;-)

Don't assume Dad knows everything.

[Mcstiff]

How about pink with a rust hood? That would be sofaking Euro bra.

[RSCoupe]

I'm going to guess silver... ;-)

Don't assume Dad knows everything.

My guess is based on other information.

[Quattro v1.0]

I know the answer, but us blood-brothers-super-secret-double-dog-dare-ya aren't telling.

It's a shocker though ;o]

[death 4kqt]

the most rare and sought after of audi color combinations......green with ecru seats!!!