Found a 96' A4 with a bad motor for a grand. Got the random idea of buying a used A8 motor off ebay and dropping it into the roller. OR, get a smallblock chevy and do something unique with it.
heres the link to the ad...
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/pts/524851615.html

 

ad says it had a blown headgasket... could be an easy fix for a daily driver. OR... If it's a quattro, get it, and swap it for the 6spd gearbox from an a6 with a built 1.8T in it...

ooooooooo..... could be a great project car.

 

Did you just say put a smallblock chevy in it? [:'(]Dear God i hope your kidding.

 

Just replace the head gasket and put new fluids in.

 

whats wrong with a small block? that would be freakin nasty as all hell. it would haul ***. i wonder what a small blocks power could do with quattro?...[sm=yikesomg.gif]

 

Probably blow it apart.

 

You could do it as rwd, but i dont think its going to be possible w/o tons of money to get torsen on the small block

 

scratch this post...I made a negative comment about putting a small block in this car. IMHO... this would make a great driver, OR a great project car. it's just a good find for $1000, if the rest of the car around the bad motor is solid.

 

Umm... VR6T swap? Anybody?

 

mmm its a tempting buy. Im looking for a project, and have been looking at fox body mustangs. I'm in love with the A4's and especially S4's but there always too expensive. With that though, it would be a sweet budget build. Do you think the wiring would be a huge pain? And if I did go with the 4.2 V8 I wonder how the motor would match up to the tranny thats in it[&:]. What to do what to do.