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Originally Posted by IT
Id often thought the 2.7 TT lump would be a nice fit for a sporty D2....
Small enough to leave engine bay free to work round it, and potent enough for some serious tuning. Look at what the B5 RS4's are spitting out, and imagine that in a D2.
W12 power and then some, but with none of the weight distribution problems that comes with a giant block...
Take it or leave it on the transmission. To be honest, as the power gets north of 400bhp I'd rather have an auto to handle it personally, but I know many view squeezing a third pedal into the rhd footwell as the mother of all desirable upgrades lol  |
I would prefer an auto, if it was 1) not as heavy as the whole engine, 2) could handle the torque without melting, 3) didn't rob about 20% of the power. Now I know I can have most of those things in a D3 or a Merc, sadly in a D2 there is only the HP24A, if you stuck over 400lbft behind it its not going to cope (unless heavily modded)