Re: [tech] audi 5000 engine in a scirocco?

["Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>]

The Audi has a longitudinally (crank parallel to car) mounted engine, same as all Audi's and Dasher/Quantum/Fox/Passat VW's. They are all front (or all-) wheel drive.

 

The turbo is a 5-cylinder (look again, count plug wires) that will be too wide when turned sideways to stuff into your Scirocco, without a serious lot of fabrication.

 

Less difficult, but still custom-intensive, would be to modify the exhaust manifold, removing the 5th collector, and adapting your car to use the turbo. You would also want the associated fuel injection bits to feed the beast.

 

Ask Wing Gee or MikeL for more details on turbocharging VW's...

 

Regards,

 

Christian

87 16V

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: adam l

To: scirocco list

Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 23:14

Subject: [tech] audi 5000 engine in a scirocco?

I went to get an audi 5000 TB today but when I got there, the engine was a turbo! The TB was round instead of a rectangle like a scirocco, so I didn't get it. I was wondering though, would the Audi 5000 engine fit in a mk2 scirocco? Then engine looked just like mine but it was just mounted differently (for rear-wheel drive?) and it's a turbo.

If it will fit with no big mods to the scirocco I may get it this spring.

 

adam l

86 8v (the enterprise)

71 super beetle (bugzilla)