engine swap
Boy are you keen...I'm on my 18th Audi since 1985 and work at an Audi dealer right now (Audi Brand Specialist)
My thoughts: [good bad or indifferent} are WHY spend so much time effort and money on a 32 year old FWD car that was never really that good in the first place.
The best of AUDI is QUATTRO and FWD is of minimal value at best: Buy a UR Quattro (1980-1983) and do that conversion on IT!! Now that is brilliant!
If you foolishly want to press ahead buy the parts car that this engine came from because you will need it and many bits that you will struggle to find
Good luck, you must be a masochist!!!!!
Save the money that you are dying to dump into this project and buy a Quattro...
I've seen UR Quattros for $8-10K and if you are patient, you will find the right affordable car.
Call Audi tuners about engine compatibility before you start pulling it apart....If you knew it would cost $5000 to do this, would you still do it? Because it will and probably quite easily!
Go and get a 2.7 biturbo Audi Allroad 6sp MT and change the ECU ...The car can be had well under $5K and the ECU is $400 and then you will have a 335hp Allroad...replace the air suspension as soon as you have a problem and then you will have a FANTASTIC AWD Quattro under $7,000....How do I know this? I have this car excatly!!! For sale too for $9,000



