[V8] Black interiors?

[Roger Woodbury]

Actually, I was just funnin' with the comment about a V8 Avant.  T he thread
was beaten to death back around the dawn of time, although there are some V8
Avants running around.

 

At the end of the day, I doubt that there is a better Audi overall than the
Type 44 20-Valve Avant.  It is very easy to get really big power out of that
engine, and it will run forever even with some significant tweaking.  If I
ever have enough spare change in one pocket at the same time I run across
another fairly decent one, I might try to sneak it into the back of the barn
when my wife isn't looking.  It still is a very good looking car IMHO, and
there is no reason why a brace or three of V8's plus a special 20Valve Avant
isn't the perfect stable.

 

But not using New England cars.  They really do suffer mightily up here,
particularly in rural Maine, so I will need to find a car that has spent
most of its time in Oregon, perhaps, or maybe in a sealed, heated and
airconditioned barn someplace..

 

Roger

 

-----Original Message-----
From: NIck Miller [mailto:chance9121 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:01 PM
To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?

 

     I actually liked the Idea of the humidor.  You could call your new V8
"brainstorming central"  as apparently that's how you get all your great
ideas?  People would wonder why you're always in the car, I'm sure, but you
can just tell them your thinking up the next great car concept.  Limo tint
too, right?

     So, What would it really take to get a V8 into a 200 20v/10v Avant?  I
understand a lot of 20v Avant's become 20v swap fodder, so I'm sure there is
a number of shells availiable in the New England area?  And we have people
with V8's in coupes, 4k's, and etc, and a V8 into a 200 lets you deal with a
similar platform.  Already have seen that the 200 subframe and transmission
can go into a v8 without a ton of difficulty, so maybe it is fairly
feasible.  At least, physically.  No idea what the wiring would be like.
Unless you went megasquirt or 034Efi.

Me?  I'll stick to getting my V8 running, thank you.