[Vwdiesel] TDI in an Allroad Quattro
pmdolan1 at sasktel.net
pmdolan1 at sasktel.net
Thu Jul 25 16:34:43 PDT 2013
An A6 would be super-wimpey with a 1.9. While the car came with th3
2.5 V6, that is a very heavy engine. Later cars had the 3.0, and if
one could score an entire donor car, THAT would be the one to have.
*(there is a fellow in TX that has done a few of these swaps).
Pat
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:15:27 -0400, Vincent McBeigh
<vrmcbeigh at gmail.com> wrote:
I would check out a V6 TDI from A totalled Touareg, maybe? Or with a little
> tuning, you can push 160 HP and 230 TQ or so from a 1.9 without much
> effort. Those are easily within the limits of the clutch on a 2.7tt model!
> On Jul 25, 2013 5:50 PM, "Tad" <tadc at europa.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey all - lately I've been seeing some nice specimens of the Audi Allroad
> > Quattro on the road (the older 99-05 one, not the new edition that just
> > came out) and it's rekindled a long-standing desire to own one... with a
> > diesel of course.
> >
> > Now they are getting older, it may be more affordable to do so. I know
> > these cars were available with a diesel plant in Europe, but not in the US,
> > so I assume I'd be looking at importing a engine/trans or front clip from
> > the continent, or trying to transplant a domestic 1.9 TDI, which might
> > leave the car a little underpowered since it's about 1000 lbs heavier than
> > my Golf.
> >
> > Does anybody else have any experience with such an undertaking?
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