1.8t into older I-5 cars (was RE: generic A4 questions)

[Tony Hoffman]

There are a few conversions out there, mostly done a couple of years ago.
Here's the thing, the 2.22L has very similar power output without taking
either apart and completely going through them. So, why go through the time
and expense. The upper reliable limit according to most respected tuners is
285HP from the 1.8T. There are a lot of the 1.8T swaps into the older VW's
that were quite a bit lighter, though. Now, the newer 2.0T, however.......

Tony Hoffman



On 2/4/07, Kevin Hoff <kwhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So all this talk about the 1.8t makes me curious about why no one is
> swapping them into the older cars.  Is the bolt pattern completely
> incompatible?  Is it just too tall to fit under the hood on cars that
> originally had the I-5?  The bolt pattern problem can be solved easily but
> changing the motor to tilt isn't.
>
> --Kevin H.