[V8] Engine swaps! OHHH, I'm breathing hard!!!!

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yeah, you'd likely need to use the V8 tranny or add another cooler at a
minimum.  People diss these trannies all the time, but my favorite automatic
trans was on my '90 V8, which I tracked, and never had to replace/repair in
240k miles.  Just replaced the tranny fluid at 90k and every 30-60k
thereafter. And that trans would downshift immediately whenever asked. Not
like my '93...

Ingo

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Roger Woodbury wrote:
> > Oh, engine swaps!  Makes me breathe hard!
>
> Oh, Roger. What are we going to do with you... :)
>
> In addition to swapping the engine, think about the transmission.
> Your wife needs an automatic. Audi isn't known for making robust
> automatic transmissions. Do you keep the V6 transmission? It may
> not take the extra power. Swap it out for the V8 one (and its
> control unit)? Lots of V8s died because of the transmission. Go
> with an A8 V8 and transmission combo? I hear the 2002 and later
> ones are better, but not perfect. Ka-Ching!
>
> Good luck with it, whatever you decide.
>
> --
> Kent
>
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