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SOT: Performance options for old Dasher wagons?
Also, 5 cylinder Quantum trannys don't work with the 4
cylinder models.
Heres a dasher site I occasionally read
http://www.iansrealm.springrose.com/dog/
--- GREGORY DUNN <gregdunn@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Wagons with wheels and performance are cool. Had a
> Quantum Syncro with some mods that was a
> helluvalotta fun.
>
> Saw a non-descript brown (read well worn) Dasher
> wagon at the VW show at Bandimere drag Strip in
> Denver a few years back. It lined up against a
> realy clean A2 16V GTI. Looked to be a no-contest.
> All the Dasher looked like it had was a set of 15"
> alloys. Until it did a burnout. Wow - that was
> impressive. It completely smoked the A2. It was a
> turbo 1.8 8V.
>
> I got into Foxes for a while - they are basically
> the same chassis as the Dasher. The engine and
> tranny pieces are all the same. So a 5spd from a
> Fox, Quantum, or 2wd Audi 4000 should bolt right in.
> Likewise, any VW 4cyl would mount up, but you can
> runinto problems with manifolds - the regular 16V
> manifolds (exhaust especially) will have clearance
> problems. That said, there were European 4000s that
> had 16Vs so manifolds are available (as opposed to
> custom) but hard to find and pricey.
>
> The suspension and brakes are very similar between
> the models as well. I was actually planning on
> using Audi 10.1" front brakes, rear discs, an A2
> rear axle & swaybar, Audi 4000 front control arms
> and swaybar, coilovers, a 2.0 8V, etc etc.
>
> gd
>
>
>
> . I've always liked seeing wagons lowered with fat
> wheels. I'm a person who's all about "rare" so this
> would fit in rather nicely.
>
> Is anyone familiar with them? I know the engine
> configuration is like that in a Fox, but what's the
> ability like to install typical A1 mods? (both power
> train and suspension). Can a 16v be installed using
> the existing motor mounts?
>
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=====
-Andrew Wong
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon
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