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Old 11th August 2021, 12:31 AM
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Guy on facebook swapped one of the 4.0tt engines into an Audi Quattro.

https://www.facebook.com/40ttAudiCoupeQuattro/
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Old 12th August 2021, 09:39 PM
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Its on my list of things to do, as soon as I can get my hands on one...
Nice, hope you get your hands on one soon. The good thing is this engine is used in are fair amount of vehicles like the S6/RS6, S7/RS7, A8/S8, SQ7 and SQ8


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Guy on facebook swapped one of the 4.0tt engines into an Audi Quattro.

https://www.facebook.com/40ttAudiCoupeQuattro/
Oh cool. That car must fly now with that swap done
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Old 12th August 2021, 10:27 PM
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Unfortunately all of those donors are very expensive over here and so the engines are proportionally expensive, making it a £10-15K project.
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Old 24th August 2021, 10:23 PM
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Oh wow that's super expensive.
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