I have never seen an s4 in good shape for 5,000 (2,000 was the car,and the swap is 3,000)

 

is your 96 manual or auto? ive already thought about this many times... thats why im buying an S4 in april, when i graduate College :P

 

True, but you're far from reality if you think that the car and general parts will do the trick. I could go into detail but i dont got time. the idea of a cheap S4 transplant is a pile of epic fail.

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fail? its ./

 

the funny thing is i just bought that motor on ebay today n i was looking for questions on how and if its hard to install on my 98 audi a4 2.8

 

Pwnd.

Nice catch. lol. Statement still stands

 

That is wat I wanna know to I have a 99 2.8 and wanna do the S4 swap to is it worth it and will it fit PM me

 

im trying to learn more about the swap myself i heard its not bad n if u have the 2.8 30v everything will just bolt into place

 

if you take the money that you spent on buying your A4, plus what it will cost to do the transplant correctly, it will be cheaper to buy an already running S4. sure you spent $3k on an engine. now your going to spend another 5k putting it in. maybe more after all is said and done. double that number if your not doing the work yourself.

that is completely incorrect, they are completely different engines.

 

Wonder what it takes to get people who are new to read the sticky posts meant for new people. Imagine that - the typical new member questions already answered in one place...