1.8t, 2.7, 2.8 & 3.0 v-6, 4.0 W8 and the 4.2 V-8 VAG engines most likely all bolt right up to the same chassis mounts.
One thing that VAG is very good at, it's using the same parts , both internal and external on different engine packages and making these engines very, very compact so they can sit in front of the axles and behind the grill. From what I have found scouring the internet, the Audi 4.2 V-8 is roughly 8 inches shorter than a Ford 302 too.
For those wanting to run a different engine than the VAG engines, if Fran doesn't have an adapter plate, it's quite likely that
Kennedy Engineered Products does. They make Porsche/Audi Adaptors for just about everything.
DSM "Oldtimers" :lol::bow: Hahahaha... Sorry, can't help myself, that's pretty funny. My first 10 cars were made before the first Mitsubishi Eclipse came out with my oldest car being a 1947 Chevy Sedan Deluxe.
Us old timers have kids older than than the DSM crowd and we but Big block Chevy, Ford and Chrysler engines into everything we could squeeze them into... Vega, Chevette, Pinto, Yugo, T buckets, Model A, Deuce coupes... and we did it with welders, torches and imagination.
Engine mounts are about the easiest part of chassis fabrication all you need to do is set the engine at the correct angles both front/rear and side to side and correct centerline and weld the mounts in. Getting it set up can be done with nothing more than string, a tape measure a level and a little grade school math. Want to know what the correct angle and placement is, find an original car with that engine and take a few basic measurements, it ain't rocket science.
A true car enthusiast might not be able to do everything... body, paint, mechanical , electrical or fabrication but they will know someone that can do what they can't and if they don't like the way something came from the factory they don't complain about it, they get together with their buddies and make it work or look the way they want it too.
I didn't care that the car was designed originally for the 4G63 or now the 1.8T VAG engine. I won't own or build ANY car for myself with a 4 cylinder engine. I DO care that there is enough room for a V-6 and probably even enough to squeeze in a 4.2 V-8 if I want to do a little extra fabrication. I have a 2.7t sitting in the shop with the block at the machine shop right now and still havn't pulled the 4.2 V8 idea off the plate yet.
I'm happy the car went longitudinal vs transverse and even happier that it has gone in production because now I can get my hands on one to build it the way I want and make changes as I see fit to build my own car.
Wouldn't surprise me if someone makes an AWD EV out of the APEX with Chevy S-10 4x4 hubs bolted into the Corvette knuckles up front and an electric motor on each corner or gets their hands on a 4.2 engine and tranny and out of an Audi R8 and makes an AWD Apex using the same S-10 4x4 front hubs.
A couple old sayings in the world of Hot rods apply to building a car:
- Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go.
- Cheap, Fast, Reliable... You can only pick 2.
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