Just curious: Has anyone converted a V8 to a 5cyl MC Engine?

[Zsolt]

Check out the thread I was referring to:
http://forums.audiworld.com/v8/msgs/26185.phtml

  Zsolt

Todd Phenneger wrote:

>Well I encourage you to try it then.  I Dotn deny that it FITS,
>but not with nothing else.  Think about it logically.  Lights
>are different, the 5k has a grille that attaches to the Core
>Support that comes all the way to the top.  What to do with the
>Type 44 Grille.  On the V8 the hood protrudes into where the
>Type 44 Grille is.  IT does fit but you cant simply bolt it on.
>Errr, you can bolt it on but it wont look right.  YOu need that
>matchign parts.
>  l8r
>     Todd
>
>--- Zsolt <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Do a search on the type 44 forum. The hood fits, no other
>>parts
>>required. There are pictures to show you.
>>  Zsolt
>>
>>Todd Phenneger wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Both are Correct,
>>> The V8 Hood will fit a 5k/200.  But you need the V8
>>>
>>>
>>Fenders,
>>
>>
>>>Core Support, Hood, grille, bumper, trim etc.  You basically
>>>need a gold mine find at a PullnSave Wrecker, a parts car, or
>>>
>>>
>>a
>>
>>
>>>lot of $$$$.
>>>l8r
>>> Todd
>>>
>>>--- Zsolt <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know about all the parts, but there was a discussion
>>>>about this
>>>>on the Audiworld type 44 forum, and the hood of the V8 does
>>>>fit on the
>>>>5k/100/200 cars. There was also a picture posted showing an
>>>>avant with a
>>>>V8 hood.
>>>>
>>>>  Zsolt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Not sure, but I THINK the V8 is shorter than the I5's.  I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>just
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>measured the
>>>>>distance from the front of the firewall below the lip where
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>the seal for
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the HVAC system goes to the back of the core support.  The
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>200q20v is at
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>least an inch longer than the V8 in that dimension.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>snip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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