FW: [A4] Engine swap question

[thejimrose]

agreed. sounds like a  lot of extra work for no good reason.

people do use the v6 manual trans on the 1.8t motor, so there is some
interconnectability, but i'm not sure what's involved [flywheel, clutch,
cv's, shafts, etc] to make it work.

the mounts would probably be different but easy enough to change as i
imagine the cars both use the same front subframe[?].

i think the biggest issue would be getting the ecu right, it would mean
using the v6's ecu which would be a lot of rewiring. again, imagining...

i'd say to do yourself a favor and part out your v6 and get yourself a good
used 1.8t. path of least resistance / waaaaaay fewer headaches. if you do
the whole crazy swap thing you might as well get a crashed s4 and throw that
dirvetrain in the a4. one of the listers has done it..


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:13 AM, <jungle at hickorytech.net> wrote:

> I don't know...sounds like a lot of work to me.  The transmissions are
> swapable....but ecu, wiring harness all would have be swapped over...if i
> was you I would pull the good tranny and put it in the car w/ the good
> motor and part out the remaining.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: kentmclean at comcast.net
>  To: quattro at audifans.com
>  Subject: Re: FW: [A4] Engine swap question
>  Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:04:42 +0000
>
>
>  Tyson Varosyan wrote:
>  > I own a wrecked '96 2.8L A4Q automatic - good engine and tranny. I
>  have
>  > the option to buy a cheap '98 1.8T A4Q 5-speed with a blown motor.
>  The
>  > idea here is to pull the motor from the wrecked car and put it in
>  the
>  > other one.
>
>