Hey, I am new to the audi forums and would appreciate some advice. I have a 99 1.8t quattro that decided to chuck a rod and piston assembly out the side of the block thurdsay night, I would normally just srap the car and get a new one but I really like this one (despite being 100 miles from the nearest town in sub freezing weather) and would like to rebuild the ole girl.

I am a domestic car lover by hart and find myself a little out of my element when searching for performance parts for these cars. If anyone could point me towards a solid setup that gives the 1.8 some sort of pep but doesnt totally kill the milage and put my trans in danger i would appreciate it.

right now i need a whole bottom end and turbo for sure as they are both totally trashed so my questions are:

What is agoodTurbo?
IC?
Chip?
DV?

and any internal engine mods that are a must

ebay for a motor... probably pick up a whole motor for about 1500


here for the rest
https://www.audiforums.com/m_700266/tm.htm

https://www.audiforums.com/m_700266/tm.htm

and if you want to build the enigne

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=188078
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187836

VR6 swap!

I dont know if somone posted the link yet but wasn't somone selling a block that was built and could hold over 600 or something?

wont fit his car. that block had an internal waterpump, and it was already sold for dirt cheap

Hmm darn, I wasn't really paying attention to what it was....Well sorry for the false hope

Do you have a 5spd or tip?

There's a guy on audizine who gets like 340+ miles to the tank with his gt3071 (mid 300 awhp). That'd be enough power for (just about) anyone.

hope you know this wont be cheap

Thanks for the input guys, as I am finding out it is a little expensive to work on these things. I have earmarked about 5k to get the job done but I am not sure if I want to put that much into it.

My options are:

1. buy used 100k engine, replace timing belt & oil pump then sell it.

2. buy used 100k engine, dump 5k into it and hope the tip trans or some other expensive part doesn't take a dump.

What are theMust do's onthe 1.8 block before installing?

Does anyone want a '99charcoal A4 with 18 inch s4 rims, 105k miles white/black interior and brand new tires?

CHEAP!