Re: trying to get 10-sec out of a 1.8T

[josh Wyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com>]

Throttle cable equipped 1.8T's came in the '97-'99.5
Passats and Audi A4's only.  All the VW's and 2000
model year cars have drive by wire.

-josh


--- Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net> wrote:
> At 11:47 PM -0700 7/30/01, derrick flo wrote:
> >I recently purchased a 1984 VW scirocco 8v
> wolfsburg edition.  I'm
> >thinking about putting a 1.8T motor in the car and
> I'm trying to get
> >it to run a 10 sec quarter mile and still be street
> legal.  If I make
> >one 10.99 second run I'll be happy.  I'm looking
> for advice on how to
> >make the car run this time.  If anyone has any
> suggestions please e-
> >mail me at derrickmd18@juno.com
> >
> 
> 
> Well, first of all, a 1.8T swap into an A1 is not an
> easy task.  From 
> what I understand, you'd need a non-drive-by-wire
> engine for it to be 
> anywhere near easy to do.  There aren't many of
> those around; early 
> New Beetles and A4's I think.  Plus there have to be
> issues of frame 
> strength that I haven't figured out how they are
> addressed..you 
> wouldn't want your monster engine ripping itself out
> of the front of 
> your car now would you?
> 
> Building & tuning an 8v engine or swapping in a 16v
> is far easier. Why a 1.8T?
> 
> You planning to do this work yourself, or hire a
> place like Adrenelin 
> Motorsports to do it?
> 
> The general equation for this problem is that money
> and speed are 
> proportional.  Put another way, "How fast do you
> want to go? How much 
> do you have to spend?"
> 
> 
>
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