[ba] re: Engine swap

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Johnny, I found your post very interesting..I'm wondering how much experience you have from which you speak??  The 7A motor "bolts up", eh??  If you are referring to the tranny and motor mounts that is correct, but that is where the bolting up ends.  What are you doing for fuel and ignition systems?  How about compression, you planning on running 500hp out of a 10:1 compression?  Are you positive that a K27 will even flow 500hp?  Just curious, you make all this sound so easy..

Javad
80tq.com

> Well aslong as you keep the same number of cylinder's audi engine's are
> usually an easy swap. Im going to be swapping the 10v out of my 86
> 4000CS Q for a 20v from a 1990 coupe quattro and everything bolt's up
> correctly. With the battery being placed in the rear that takes max
> about 15 minutes, all you need is some heavy duty cable, place the
> battery in the rear, MOUNT IT (dont just shove it where the spare tire
> goes or on the side of the truck) and run the postitive and negative
> cable's to the old positive and negative leads from the stock battery
> and connect them.
>
> The biggest problem you might run into would be the exhaust manifold, if
> your upping the size of the engine your going to need the exhaust
> manifold, intake manifold, and you might also want to look into the size
> of your starter and what starter's go onto the engine your swapping into
> it.
>
> As for naurally aspirated and turbo setup's, if your looking for alot of
> performance the turbo's the way to go. Im going with a Porsche K27 just
> because im looking for 500+hp from the engine, but you could go with
> something quite smaller and less expensive and get around 285+hp out of
> it.
>
> As for a small rule, 1 horsepower usually costs 10 dollars. So if your
> looking for 300hp expect to pay around $3000.
>
> -Johnny
> 86 4kcs Q
>
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