2.6 v6 avant

[mdz]

12v -> 30v swap has been done on Cabrio

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65550

[Sleeper_Avant]

Google it, MANY people have done this........

little video to wet your whistle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzvurZbQDw

[Deacs]

Haha cheers, I've got a Quattro subframe, diff,box etc lined up already thanks to shaun5. Once I've sorted the drive train more power will deffo be needed

[Deacs]

Right so a little update

Removed the hideous plastic 4 spoke steering wheel and replaced with a 3 spoke leather coupe version

Old


New


Then I fitted a set of vdo centre console gauges



After this I machine polished the whole car using a portercable and poor boys products. It's now actually a lovely red rather than pink! Check out the cloud reflections!





Final thing was I picked up a 5th speedline wheel. Absolutely mint,





Next stage is power upgrade, I've done a few turbo conversions on cars in the past but I think the v6 in this needs a supercharger conversion. Therefore next step is to find a good used eaton supercharger.

[marathontom]

Nice! Can't wait to see the supercharger plan come to life

[macspring]

Nice! Can't wait to see the supercharger plan come to life

Agreed, good idea, interested to see how you get on with it also.

[Acidburn]

it will be interesting to see with the charger fitted, where was you looking to fit it?

down in place of the aircon compressor or somewhere else on the engine?

should be interesting to see how its done, as above have you thought of putting the later a4 30v lump in? it would make a better starting point.

either that or do something funky like a remote mounted turbo conversion in place of the back box, even with a quattro conversion that would be good.

With the conversion, i've posted before on here whats needed to convert a fwd to quattro as I got quite far into doing it to my own fwd tdi and had everything bolted up. Make sure you get a 80/s2 petrol tank, a A4 one does NOT fit, the filler nozzle is further forward compared to a 80/s2.

If you need anymore info let me know. I do have a spare bracket cut off a quattro that needs welding onto yours to hold the front of the quattro diff up.

The abs/lines are different btw, on yours currently is 2x lines unlike the quattro which is 1x line and the plugs for the abs sensors are different but you can cut/solder them to swap them.

[1781cc]

I remember seeing this on eBay, nice purchase, welcome to the red estate club! :-)

Lookin forward to seeing what you do with it mate

[Deacs]

Acid burn does the non quattro body have the mount points for the propshaft centre bearing?

Charger will have to go pretty much in the place the standard airbox sits I reckon unless I can mount it lower Down as I don't have aircon on my car.

[Acidburn]

no you have to weld in two brackets for that.

[Deacs]

Hmm getting positioning of that bracket will be pretty crucial to avoid shaft vibrations. Any markings on the floor pan to indicate position or is it a case of having to measure off a Quattro?

[1781cc]

Buy a smashed up quattro avant from a breaker and move all the bits over?

[audinut]

I remember seeing this on eBay, nice purchase, welcome to the red estate club! :-)

Lookin forward to seeing what you do with it mate

noooo we want less red estates especially 20vt ones

[Acidburn]

if you see the bracket for the prop you can't really go wrong with fitting it.

[Deacs]

Ideal, can't wait to get started. Got a holiday with this mrs and kids to take care of first!