so thats all??? everyone on the forum runs around saying you cannot swap motors from tip to manual. They say the cranks are completele different and wont work together, they have even said the bolt patterns would not line up. I passed up a 2000 s4 6 speed with a blown motor for about $1500 just because I was told my 2000 s4 Tip motor wouldnt fit it. GREAT!!!! time to try to find the guy and see if the car is still available. Nice job, this info. should be made into a sticky.

Im new to this forum stuff, what do you mean by sticky?

https://www.audiforums.com/forum/audi-a4-8/

look at the first few thread in the forum, The ones that say (sticky)

its and informational thread that is set up as a permanent thread. Kind of like a bulletin.