s4
I've always wanted a B5 S4. Nogaro blue with the light grey leather interior. SECKS. I love the car and the motor.
That said, ghost is right. The 2.7TT is one of (if not the single) most expensive motors to work on/modify that I'm aware of. Even the simplest job requires an absurd amount of work, due to the amount of motor that Audi shoe-horned under the B5 hood. On a more basic level, think of all of the problems that you have to deal with because your 1.8T has a turbo. Turbos, waste gates, DV/BOV's, piping, inter coolers, etc. An S4 has two of all of those things. Based on that alone, your costs are going to increase. Maintenance, insurance, plus the cost of the vehicle, that becomes quite an investment.
If I had the money and a place to work on it I would absolutely buy one. Unfortunately I have neither.
That said, ghost is right. The 2.7TT is one of (if not the single) most expensive motors to work on/modify that I'm aware of. Even the simplest job requires an absurd amount of work, due to the amount of motor that Audi shoe-horned under the B5 hood. On a more basic level, think of all of the problems that you have to deal with because your 1.8T has a turbo. Turbos, waste gates, DV/BOV's, piping, inter coolers, etc. An S4 has two of all of those things. Based on that alone, your costs are going to increase. Maintenance, insurance, plus the cost of the vehicle, that becomes quite an investment.
If I had the money and a place to work on it I would absolutely buy one. Unfortunately I have neither.
"Now that's thinking with your dipstick, Jimmy!"
Hard to argue with logic like that, but I know I would still want one. I'd probably hold out for a newer gen with the 4.2 instead. As much as I love the boost, forced injection engines are a little bitch to work on. But I still drool over the 2.7 bi-turbo...
