what should i do?

NYSpeed Automotive
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Ok so i have a 95 Audi a90 quattro and love the way it looks and drives, but it is a tad slow for me, so after much thought i’ve decided on 3 options (at least my favorite 3) of what i should do come spring will either be:

  1. swap engines with a 1.8t and build it up slowly
  2. sell the car and buy something else (s4, sti, evo)
  3. buy a block and build my own 1.8t from the ground up

This will be my first major project and i can’t wait to start i just have to figure out what i want first haha, im leaning towards buying the block myself.

any advice/opinions?

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  1. keep car you love and get a project
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well thats the thing its 15 years old with 201k on it, if im keeping it i want to make it nice again, the interior and body are great but the drivetrain is meh…

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Do you need to depend on this car as a DD? if so dont mod it.

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Leave it as is or sell it. Anything else would be a waste of money.

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.amen.

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“only mod your car if you can afford to push it off of a cliff”

also, 1.8t’s are slow and gay

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If its a DD, I wouldn’t mod it. If you are set on keeping the car, just find a cheap DD and build this one up from scratch

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it’s not a dd i bought it as kind of a project car, and you can get a 1.8 up to ~500whp

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This will get good.

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:picard:

im sure you “can get a 1.8 up to ~500whp” but

  1. do you have the $$ to do that
  2. did you take into account the changes to the drivetrain that would be needed (diffs, axles, driveshaft, ect)
  3. do you have the $$ and skills to do all of the fabricating
  4. how are you going to run it, stock ecu or standalone
  5. do you have a ton of $$ sitting around? can i have some?

basically, you can make almost any motor put out 500 whp if you have the funds. the big question is, will it be worth it?

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Definitely get a new car

13

Poll seems a bit biased. :lol:

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  1. Get a real car
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Preaching to the wrong choir there buddy!!!

As if anybody on here makes reasonable purchasing decisions when it comes to cars :lol:

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19 - 0 - 0

Not a landslide or anything. :lol:

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20 lol

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the car has high mileage if it was me id sell it but it is your car though

19

Swap in a honda, only reasonable solution.

but really just buy a new car

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thank you for stealing my avatar :tup: