[V8] Black interiors?

Scott DeWitt sdewitt at stx.rr.com
Thu Feb 5 11:34:55 PST 2009


Why not just import an S6 plus and be done with it?

---- Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> As uisual I know of such vehicals ;-)
> 
> The one Keith T (90 Lago 200 with a 3.6 motor) did that was FS recientley. The owner Curtis.... who sold it & bought a Titan Grey 90 V8 AUTO... is a lister now, maybe he'll chime in... Curtis?????
> 
>  & a Yellow 90 V8 (obviousley a repaint) that had a 200tqa rear section grafted on is running around in Colorado somewere.. I think his name is Brian Bassett?.
> 
>  There is a 92 100Q with a 3.6 running around in Minnesota.
> 
>  There has all so been a Champaine/Beige one running round somewere for the longest time with a Ford Taurus rear grafted on.
> 
>  If one started such a project the perfect car would have to be a 96-98 A6 with a manual. Then you could turn the car into a //S6+ (plus) I would all so add eather the front ends from a 92-94 //s4 or the 95-97 US & Canadian //s6's. That would be... as the kids say.... the SHIZ NIT ;-)
> 
>  Ron
> 
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > To: "'NIck Miller'" <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2:14 PM
> > 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.
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Audifans V8 mailing list
> > Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com
> > Manage your list connection:
> > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8
> > 
> > You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at
> > http://audifans.com/shop/
> 
> 
>       
> _______________________________________________
> Audifans V8 mailing list
> Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com
> Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8
> 
> You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at http://audifans.com/shop/
> 



More information about the V8 mailing list