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I was looking at one of these, and was wondering what I could do for more power. Last resort, I could NOS it. Turbo - sounds painful and expensive for the return; same w/ supercharging. My current thought is stuffing a different engine into the 20v bay, or perhaps a 2.5L (+?) kit for the original 20v. What kind of engine could I stuff into the little compartment? Do you think I could get a V8 engine in there? A turbo 10v? I have heard that you can put various porsche engines in there - what kind/size/etc? .. I assume I would have to replace all of the internals - computer, sensors, etc.. but how would the climate control work? I assume it would work ok with a Turbo 10v or the V8..but would this be screwed up with a porsche engine? The engine has ~120k miles on it anyway, so I am thinking that a rebuild might be in order anyway, so how about a 2.5L conversion? Reliability? Expected power output, HP/Torque? last question - do you think that any good Audi shop could do this? Would I need to go to an Audi specialist, an engine specialist? What kind of price range would I be looking at if I found a donor car/engine say from a wreck? Thanks 6.3 billion, Brooks
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