[V8] Black interiors?

Thu Feb 5 11:53:41 PST 2009

Same here. 2

On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:49 PM, mendezwerks at gmail.com wrote:

> Ok, so there is about 70 factory Audi V8 5 spds, correct? The real  
> question is, how many factory 5's are on the road today? We should  
> tally them up. I have two 91 5 speeds.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:38:53
> To: <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>; <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
>
>
> The only problem with your proposition is that none of the C4 A6  
> Avants had
> manual transmissions.  So you'd be doing a double swap.  You could  
> start
> with an S6 Avant, but now you're straying into bad car karma area.
>
> Hmmmm... maybe once my 5spd 4.2 swap is done, I'll cut the top of  
> my 91
> Avant and graft it onto the V8.  Yikes!  Actually I wouldn't have  
> to use the
> 91, any type 44 Avant would do.  But how many would curse me for  
> doing that
> to one of only 70 or so 5spds in the country??
>
> Ed
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ron Wainwright
>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:31 PM
>> To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
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