b6 a4 with AAN

[Durr McDanks]

Who is the member on here with a b6 a4 with a inline 5 in it?

[Zoig]

You mean B5 A4 with AAN?

[Jamo]

b5 a4 be sleeper_avant

[Durr McDanks]

I thought I had seen a b6 a4 with an AAN on here or some inline 5 turbo

[Twenny Benson]

If it can be done in a B5, it can be done in a B6

[Jamo]

noone has said it isn't possible but such a car hasn't been seen on here, B5 and A8, Porsche, Jap Cars but not a B6

[Twenny Benson]

Yeah I know, I was merely stating that it can be done in a B6 like the B5 as there essentially the same. If the op is looking for a way to do this, he could just follow the various B5 I5 builds

[Durr McDanks]

My question is will it fit since its longitudinally longer than the V8? Also, the bell housing bolt pattern is the same for virtually every audi exception with the RS4 RS6 etc. I guess the only major thing to figure out is the motor mount arms. Can you put the V8 arms onto the inline 5 and have it match?

[Twenny Benson]

I think the statement "you can make it fit" sums it up. It will fit, just not on the stock engine mount & gearbox locations without hacking into the front panel/bonnet/bumper etc. From my internet trawling I have seen a quite a few B5 I5's, most opt to shift the motor & box rearward to gain space up front which is the problem area. Information is scarce on these builds, you have to really look at the few pictures that are out there to figure it out. I will post some pics up later of the few I have found

[Durr McDanks]

how much hacking needs to be done to the front?

[Jamo]

Again we don't know, I do know sleeper_avant said it was hell, check his build thread

[Twenny Benson]

I have taken rough measurements in the past, I was toying with the idea of dropping an I5 into my B5. The measurements I took made it out to be quite an extensive front end re-modeling exercise, so much so I didn't bother. IMHO I think the only way to do it is shove the engine & gearbox back which obviously means alot of custom fabrication work.

[Durr McDanks]

Was there room on the side to have a radiator so you could let the engine move forward?

[UrS4boy]

Didn't your AAN into B3 project work out?

[Durr McDanks]

^ Yeah I own a b6 s4 as well with 92k on the clock and the timing chain tensioners typical go out at around 100k. They are the back of the motor and thus the motor needs to be pulled and you need special tools to perform the job. The tools and tensioners cost around 2k all said and done. At that point if it was a straight swap with the 20vt turbo I would have done it but from the sounds of it its not so easy of a swap. I fell in love with 20vt.