190e 20vt swap
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190e 20vt swap
Hi guys!i start my engine swap!it s an audi 1.8 turbo 20v engine from an audi a4.i have an issue how i will centralised the engine in the bay.
my gearbox is from bmw e36.
So i have no fixed point for the engine.
my gearbox is from bmw e36.
So i have no fixed point for the engine.
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1991 190E 2.3
I guess I'm not sure why you'd want to put an Audi engine and a BMW gear box in an MB? Tring to get the electronics from 3 different auto brands to work together will be a monumental challenge to say the least.
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the ecu from Audi and the engine is very easy to work ..
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Your MB doesn't have the electronics that you'll need to connect your newer non MB engine and gear shift to so I'm not convinced that it'll be as easy as you think it is. I read an article a few years ago where MB itself put one of it's more modern engines into a 190 and they had to convince the new engine that it was hooked up to a dino because the 190 didn't have the electronics needed to run the new engine.
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2008 E320 Bluetec, 1987 190e 2.6, 2007 CL600
Aren’t all Audi A4s front wheel drive or Quattro? I don’t see how it will work in the 190e, you would be changing its driving dynamics entirely and lose it’s original spirit.
i usually encourage swaps if you have the know-how I certainly would love to one day but I’d stick to a RWD and Inline 6 set up. Anything else you are going to cut into the firewall and have to customize your steering on top of custom mounts for such a different motor this almost 5 times the work of other swaps ppl have done
not sure what country you live in but I know Europe is far more hands on with this kind of stuff than in the US so we may be very biased
i usually encourage swaps if you have the know-how I certainly would love to one day but I’d stick to a RWD and Inline 6 set up. Anything else you are going to cut into the firewall and have to customize your steering on top of custom mounts for such a different motor this almost 5 times the work of other swaps ppl have done
not sure what country you live in but I know Europe is far more hands on with this kind of stuff than in the US so we may be very biased
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Aren’t all Audi A4s front wheel drive or Quattro? I don’t see how it will work in the 190e, you would be changing its driving dynamics entirely and lose it’s original spirit.
i usually encourage swaps if you have the know-how I certainly would love to one day but I’d stick to a RWD and Inline 6 set up. Anything else you are going to cut into the firewall and have to customize your steering on top of custom mounts for such a different motor this almost 5 times the work of other swaps ppl have done
not sure what country you live in but I know Europe is far more hands on with this kind of stuff than in the US so we may be very biased
i usually encourage swaps if you have the know-how I certainly would love to one day but I’d stick to a RWD and Inline 6 set up. Anything else you are going to cut into the firewall and have to customize your steering on top of custom mounts for such a different motor this almost 5 times the work of other swaps ppl have done
not sure what country you live in but I know Europe is far more hands on with this kind of stuff than in the US so we may be very biased
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I wapped this exact engine into a older Porsche that didn't "have the electronics needed to run the modern engine". Once you understand inputs/outputs and what it needs, you'll understand the easy part of a swap is getting the engine to run correctly.
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1991 190E 2.3
Why do you **** on every swap thread? Just because YOU dont understand doesn't make it impossible or not worth it.
I wapped this exact engine into a older Porsche that didn't "have the electronics needed to run the modern engine". Once you understand inputs/outputs and what it needs, you'll understand the easy part of a swap is getting the engine to run correctly.
I wapped this exact engine into a older Porsche that didn't "have the electronics needed to run the modern engine". Once you understand inputs/outputs and what it needs, you'll understand the easy part of a swap is getting the engine to run correctly.
