[V8] Here's an odd, off the wall question....

[Tony and Lillie]

Yes, you should go back to bed. ;-)

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:33 AM
Subject: [V8] Here's an odd, off the wall question....


> In reading the last post one comment struck me sharply...well, it IS early
> here, afterall.  The comment was that the reason the ignition components 
> for
> the V8 are so expensive is that they fit only that car.
>
> I was wondering if that is entirely accurate.  My musings took me back to
> the time that I spent several hours with the Wrench fantasizing 
> shoehorning
> a Porsche 928 V8 into an Audi 200 Avant Quattro.
>
> So, since it is so early in the morning, I was pondering whether anyone 
> had
> even considered shoehorning a 928 V8 into an Audi V8?  How about an early
> engine...before they became the S or S4 versions?
>
> There were quite a few more of them produced than the Audi V8, but I was
> mostly wondering if the back of the engine cases might by some weird
> coincidence be the same...or similar enough to work...
>
> Probably not.  But I was also wondering if ANY of the miscellaneous
> components might actually be the same, if numbered differently, and if put
> into the little plastic baggie with the right symbol on the outside.
>
> Probably not.  But still, the engines are remarkably similar in outward
> appearance...although even the earliest 928 engine is probably a LOT
> wider....
>
> Oh, maybe I should go back to bed.
>
> Roger
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