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

[Todd Phenneger]

I checked it out when I got home from work.
  He did his homework and it appears that you can use the
Factory Core Support.  That I did not know.  But I would want
the front end to look right which means the V8 headlamps.  Maybe
that is what opens up the can of worms requiring new fenders,
etc.  I'm not sure.
  It does appear easy to do just the swap, but I do not like the
look that way.  It needs to integrate well and look good.  If it
looks botched then that sort of defeats the purpose of doing it
in the first place, asthetics.   If it had some performance
benefit then maybe I could overlook the gaps.  My Audi 4ktq has
a very rought front end.  But thats to make room for the
Intercooler, removable core support, etc.  Its acceptable to me
for a performance benefit.  But to upgrade the looks of a type
44 by doing that doesn't fit for me if it doesn't look
"finished".
  Ok, I'll stop babbling. Thanks for the info and the link
though.
l8r
  Todd
  FS: 84' 4ktq

--- Zsolt <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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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