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

[Taka Mizutani]

What I'm wondering about is whether or not anyone on the list will get their
hands on
a TT-RS engine (2.5L I-5 turbo) and swap that into an UrS6 or something
similar.

Taka


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.
>