I have a 2001 Audi A4 1.8T front-trak 5-speed with a blown motor. What are my options? I was thinking about a 4.2 or a 2.0T swap. I don't know if I will be able to put the power to the ground without wheel slippage on a non-quattro audi. Would my 5-speed transmission be able to hold the power with 90k miles? I understand that I will need several new drivetrain parts and most likely a limited slip differential. Does anyone know if these are smart options, or what other choices should I make? Could someone give me a ballpark figure of what these would cost me; perhaps even with a used engine and tranny from a wrecked audi? Is all this work worth the money at all?

 

Well, if you find a way to fit the 4.2 in your a4, you will be the first.
Man, you are starting off on the wrong track. Just get another 1.8t and upgrade that. For probably about 6000, including the engine, you could EASILY have 300whp.......considering you can get the engine for 1000.

Forget the idea of the 4.2 and about the 2.0t, the engine will probably be hard to find and expensive, seeing as it has only been in production audi's for two years?....(correct me if Im wrong).

 

Buy an S4 or do what QuattroSedan suggested. You might rebuild the 1.8T.

 

not true there was one case of a guy putting in a 4.2 in a B5 but it was a lot of cutting and it was very heavy in the front

VinnyD I sugest you just go back to a 1.8T for the money this is going to cost you to do any of these swaps you could just buy a S4

 

clconversion....did you do a cl conversion on a honda somewhere along the line??? sry Im jus tryin to understand what your name stands for.

 

yea i did biggest wait of money ever that is a cl headlight conversion in a integra

 

heh... seems like we all came from hondas to this forum....I used to have a gsr....that is where I stole my shift **** from..lol

 

yea mine was a GSR also for the money I put into that POS I cry and think of what I could have done to the A4

 

Hahaha stupid hon-duhs...

 

you can update your 1.8 to like 2.0 if you wana. you wont feel great increase, but there be one.
if I had to do that I would rebore and decrease the compresion, then forge valves and put good turbo and ceramic clutch with new upgraded clutch presure plait. I mean list can go on. just do litle research.