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

[rmwoodbury at adelphia.net]

As I recall, the determining factor that killed off the 928/Audi Avant concept was that the re-engineering needed in order to accomodate the width of the 928 engine would have been killer.  Now, the 3.6 litre Audi V8 fits relatively well...it's been done.

But I was wondering how the early 928 engine compared in comparison with the audi V8 4.2?

Roger

---- Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com> wrote: 
> The large, square exhaust hangers back on the rear muffler of your V8 
> are Porsche parts, 928.xxx.xxx.xxx
> 
> In the 944 world, all the new guys are all gung-ho about squeezing a 928 
> motor into their 944.  Why not? Twice the engine in a lighter body.  The 
> problem arises in space.  Pull a 928 engine out of a 928, then try to 
> get it back in.  That, in itself, is a feat.  The 928 engine /barely/ 
> fits into a 928, although I have seen someone squeeze an early model 
> (with the spider intake manifold) into a 914.  It took me quite awhile 
> to reinstall an 87 S4 engine, especially the clutch.
> 
> As for other part interchangeability, a lot of the hardware is probably 
> all the same.  The studs, nuts, bolts, possibly injectors, clips, bulbs, 
> etc.  They may have different part numbers, although many Porsche parts 
> are VAG part numbers (477.xxx.xxx e.g.)
> 
> ~Scott S.
> 
> Roger Woodbury wrote:
> 
> >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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