Non Audi Engine Conversion

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Mar 29, 2007 | 11:08 AM

hanshy5

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Non Audi Engine Conversion

Was recently reading the new car & driver. there was an article on a group that was putting electric motors in vehicles for drag racing.
The bimmer board have had a lot of engine conversion talk as well.
Are there any audis that have been converted to a non-audi engine (ie domestic V8)?

Mar 29, 2007 | 12:00 PM

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

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I think most people on here buy an Audi for the reason of staying away from American cars

and their related parts.

Mar 29, 2007 | 12:26 PM

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2ND! One ford owned = NEVER again

Mar 29, 2007 | 12:27 PM

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

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The Germans basically stole the "domestic" V8, tuned it, improved it, and sell it back 5 fold

aka, the RS4. =)

Mar 29, 2007 | 01:15 PM

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4 cylinder + huge turbo > V8.

530 awhp and rising

Mar 29, 2007 | 01:37 PM

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

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Dyno charts? Images of engine components?

Mar 29, 2007 | 02:59 PM

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Here is a pic of the engine bay

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Mar 29, 2007 | 03:00 PM

JHam_CT

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I would love to convert my A4 to a Plug-in Electric...

Enova systems is making most of the electric car engines. You can buy kits (motor and controller) from places like Electro Automotive.

It seems like you would need to do a fair amount of fabrication work to get an electric motor and the batteries installed. Electro Automotive will make you a mount that allows you to bolt up an electric motor to your existing manual transmision, though.

I'd spend up to 10k if there was a proven setup to convert an A4 to full time plug-in electric... which is about what the current kits cost.<ul><li><a href="http://www.electroauto.com/">http://www.electroauto.com/</a</li></ul>