[V6-12v] Quattro Conversion?

[Brian O'Neill]

ok, in a nutshell, the only thing you would keep from your car under  the hood and under the car is the motor and the front suspension. so  the trans, exhaust, fuel tank, fuel lines, brake lines and complete  rear end would not work. then there is wireing, and maybe  the  instrument cluster.  
  
                                                                brian o'
  
  
   
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    Any particular reasons why? Evidently the ‘easiest’  way would be to buy a Quattro, but I know my car is basically sound, and I’ve  just spent a lot of time and money making the engine good. Would it be easier,  in fact, to find a Quattro with a blown engine but everything else good and  just transplant my engine into it? As far as I’m aware, the 12v engine  was exactly the same (AAH engine) in the Q and non Q 80s of that era

     
    I take your point though, I was just  trying to find out how deep the differences were, or if it was simply a case of  exchanging a few components, albeit some major ones. I think if a Q conversion  would be total madness, I’d probably try to find a clean S2 and keep my  80 as a second car. I’ve had a look round though, and it seems hard to  find an S2 that hasn’t been messed around with by grown up boy racers. It  seems even no service history cars are fetching silly prices for high mileage  models. S4s look like better value, but I really like the old S2 shape better  than the S4 type. Ah well, I’ll keep a look out and see what’s  around!
     
    On the subject of my 80, is there a way to  upgrade the suspension to the ‘Sports’ option that I know Audi  offered? Anyone know what the differences were there?
     
    Any further thoughts, or input welcome.
     
    Cheers,
    James
     
                
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    From: Brian O'Neill  [mailto:briano_72 at yahoo.com] 
  Sent: 04 October 2006 23:09
  To: James Whitehouse;  V6-12v at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Quattro  Conversion?
    
     
    it would be insane to do that to your or any other car, just sell it  and get a real one. youd be better off finding a crashed q car and putting your  body panels on it.
  
                                                    brian o'
  
  
  James Whitehouse <james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
    Well, the head gasket job (actually an 'engine-out and rebuild the top  end
  and do a clutch job) is finished. She's running very smooth and powerful so
  definitely time and money well spent!
  
  While I was working on my car at my mechanic's garage, he had a nice S2 in,
  and this brought up the fact that my 80 was lovely, but could use a bit of
  4WD to really make her handle better. My mechanic, who specializes in
  performance cars (rally and old F1 restorations, etc) suggested finding a
  'donor' A80Q of the same generation (B4 UK spec. 1991-95) and literally
  'transplanting' in the gearbox, driveshaft, diffs, and anything that's
  different.
  
  I'm up for the idea, but we couldn't see where the fuel tank might go on my
  car, since it has a spare wheel well in the boot that is actually part of
  the bottom rear chassis. Without actually seeing an 80Q of that generation
  we don't know how the fuel tank and rear diff/ axles attach, etc.
  
  Any ideas, or anyone with an 80Q that has pictures of the underbelly?
  
  Cheers,
  James 
  
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