Spot the difference: An S2 coupe and a Coupe Quattro

[S2Coupe_Nic]

TO ALL OUT THERE:

I am after as much detail as poss about the differences bewtween an S2 coupe and a Coupe Quattro. To kick off I have:

Battery is in a differnet place
S2 has 5 wheel studs and CQ only has 4.

etc etc....

As much info as poss please guys....THANKS!!

[stiglet]

Front bumper,
no oil cooler,
does the 3b have an ABS switch?
Front brakes. Depending on what model CQ, the old 10vs don't have the twin pots on the front. 7A does,
Steering rack different ratio,

Thats all I can think of for now.

[anton]

i think one of them might have a turbo aswell.......

jk. only the ABY has the battery in the inside, otherwise, from suspension, slightly different spring rates due to the higher weight of the 2.2T, 26mm front roll bar instead of a 25mm. no front strut brace. black dials on the coupe, no oil cooler.also differences in the bumper and a different bonnet/headlights....probably more aswell........this is assuming its a 20v coupe your talking about......

Ant

[S2Coupe_Nic]

indeed a 20V... thanks for the pointers.

[Error404]

in addition to the above, driveshafts are different, gearbox and diff flanges are different, 3B tunnel is different but AFAIK CQ is the same as the ABY in that repsect, no strut brace or turret -> bulkhead braces, front struts are 52mm on the CQ not 55mm although AFAIK early 3Bs are the same. 3B gear ratios are longer and box is stronger, obviously ABY is 6 spd.... erm... i think thats covered it

[speeding-g60]

rear bumper is different as well..... the tailights on the S2 have amber corners, and us spec all red. the license plate tub on the S2 is for euro plate. 3 spoke steering wheel? plus i guess which country you are in, because US spec is LHD and England spec is RHD. and badging may be different?

not all S2 have 5 lug hubs AFAIK, but its possible i dont know what i am talking about. my coupes have 55mm OD strut housings... the later S2 have 01E gearboxes. all coupes in US have 01A from factory, with 100mm inner cv joints front and rear. the S2 have 108mm.

i dunno much other than that, being as i have never "seen" a real S2, and only 5 coupes. i own two coupes though. and both have many S2 parts from England on them.

[stiglet]

I thought the rear bumpers were identical? In Europe at least...

[Error404]

They are. USDM are the odd ones out

Also the 5 spd box is NOT the same on the CQ and the 3B

[stiglet]

Is it the same casing just different ratio's or is the whole thing different?

Was just thinking if the internals are effectively the same, it would probably be just as strong as the 3b unit.

[Error404]

Not sure mate but its a straight swap anyway - the ratios are definately longer, think its a marginally stronger box too

[mcandmar]

You all missed the blindingly obvious, CQ's have the B3 front lights and bonnet, S2's have the B4

[Error404]

Anton mentioned it above

[stiglet]

What he said

Yep the ratios are deffo different.

[stiglet]

So far;

Front bumper,
no oil cooler,
does the 3b have an ABS switch?
Front brakes. Depending on what model CQ, the old 10vs don't have the twin pots on the front. 7A does,
Steering rack different ratio,
Turbo!
different spring rates,
26mm front roll bar instead of a 25mm
no front strut brace
black dials on the coupe
different bonnet/headlights
gearbox and diff flanges are different
front struts are 52mm on the CQ not 55mm
3B gear ratios are longer and box is stronger

[mcandmar]

So he did, i'll shut up now