Audi 4 2 V8 Engine Swap

Project b5 v8 ep3 engine prep duration.

Audi 4 2 v8 engine swap. Engines such as the ls1 and other wilder variants have been stuffed into the front of that oh so lovely b5. This time the team takes a 2003 audi a4 and replaces the factory 1 8 l turbo inline four with a 4 2 l v8 from a 2000 audi a6. The guys that brought you an a jetta powered by a turbo 1000 cc motorcycle engine are back with a more conventional engine swap project. Yes i know this can be complicated.

So there is a car. It used a specially modified 4 2 v8 with natural aspiration. The beetle rides on a bmw e39 m5 suspension with bmw e36 wishbones. Behind the engine sits a ttv racing clutch and flywheel connected to a six speed manual transaxle.

The engine is a 4 2 l v8 from audi s8 that makes 450 horsepower thanks to twin turbochargers and a haltech elite ecu. Not being one to keep things stock i have been looking at engine swaps for a while. The audi 4 2 has the same bolt pattern as the boxster so the transmission is easy to connect. The audi garage 18 819 views.

The first well known conversion was the cosworth project undertaken by audi group. The project was a test fit for the b6 s4.