V8 Cabrio?

[Mike Arman]

Just some AM musings . . .

Does a 3.6 V8 sound like a practical transplant into a Cabrio?

These engines are available for under a grand, they live forever and make 
LOTS of hp. The Cabrio is a lovely little car, but the impression I get is 
that it is rather down on power. There's someone in Germany who stuffed a 
hopped up V8 into an 80 (something like 500+ hp), so it appears the 
conversion is possible - not necessarily easy, but possible.

I'm wondering if a stock 3.6 (240hp) with the matching tranny (and 
harnesses, etc.) would possibly go into a Cabrio without major changes - 
given the strong family resemblance in Audi over the years. To use the V8 
tranny, we'd have to lock the center diff because the Cabrio is 2wd, and it 
is doubtful that the Cabrio tranny will bolt to the V8 or live very long if 
it did.

I think this would make a lovely little fire-breathing sleeper of a 
convertible, and oh, man, would there ever be some surprised WMB drivers 
out there!


Best Regards,
Mike Arman