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I was talking with a mechanic friend of mine and he swears that we can put a 1.8l Turbo motor out of an Audi A4. Of course it would be a very long drawn out process. We thought about a 2.0 16v motor with fuel injection as well.

Anyone ever tried to tackle such a thing? Ive been doing some research and found company that makes adapter to go from watercooled motor to bus / bug transmission, ect.

I was just curious if i be would crazy and should just go with a 1776 Vw aircooled motor and call it good?

5/18/067:34 PM

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I was talking with a mechanic friend of mine and he swears that we can put a 1.8l Turbo motor out of an Audi A4. Of course it would be a very long drawn out process. We thought about a 2.0 16v motor with fuel injection as well.

Anyone ever tried to tackle such a thing? Ive been doing some research and found company that makes adapter to go from watercooled motor to bus / bug transmission, ect.

I was just curious if i be would crazy and should just go with a 1776 Vw aircooled motor and call it good?

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You need this.

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what is it? I cant tell.

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An inline 4 vw with a great big turbo growing from it. I've brought this up before but there is a person on this site from Portugal with an inline 4. Take a look at the photos.
Luistroix or similar is his tag, he has pics.

One of the advantages of the Flat-4 "Boxer" is its lower center of gravity.

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