s2000 into a3

[rodgers84]

Hi, starting a new project soon putting an s200 into a Audi a3??? Got a rough idea of what I'm going to do but I thought I would put it out there for u petrol heads for so me good ideas

[Dracoro]

A S2000 is probably longer than an A3 so you won't fit it, maybe open the boot and you'll get half the front end up to the windscreen in but even then it'd be too wide

Anyway, at the risk of this not being a troll thread, what gearbox would you be using? Will the A3 be FWD or converted to RWD?

Why an A3 though?

[J4CKO]

Er, not an obvious conversion, longitudinal high revving 2.0 with 250 bhp into a transverse application where a range of fairly tunable engiens aready sit, are you going to turn it round or alter the car to rwd ?

[rodgers84]

I know it will be a lot of fabrication but I will relish in this, the engine will be put in the front and then will be all back wheel drive. I just think that the s 2000 is a very good motor and quite cheap power....

[curlie467]

rodgers84 said:

I know it will be a lot of fabrication but I will relish in this, the engine will be put in the front and then will be all back wheel drive. I just think that the s 2000 is a very good motor and quite cheap power....

Quite cheap power!

Not sure you can include that in a thread where you want to put an S2000 motor into an Audi A3.

[rohrl]

The S2000 engine is quite sought-after by a lot of modders and tuners so I wouldn't have thought it'll be that cheap. The A3 has a trans tunnel obviously but the engine bay wasn't designed with a longitudinal engine in mind so fitting won't be easy.

Will the peaky power delivery and relative lack of torque be a good fit with the fairly heavy A3? You'll need to thrash the hell out of it to make decent progress.

[Vantagefan]

rodgers84 said:

I know it will be a lot of fabrication but I will relish in this, the engine will be put in the front and then will be all back wheel drive.

Reminded me of Sex Panther.

To be seen in a showroom near you:

'All of the wheels at the back, all the time...'

[DanDC5]

Not as individual I know, but buy an S2000 and supercharge it. You'll have a better handling car with more power for a fraction of the cost.

[PaperCut]

So you want Honda V-Tec power in a 3-door hatchback



How about buy a Civic Type R and save yourself a whole lot of bother?

[Riknos]

DanDC5 said:

Not as individual I know, but buy an S2000 and supercharge it. You'll have a better handling car with more power for a fraction of the cost.

This.

Or, if you really like the look of the A3 (S2k is however much better looking) then get an S3 and tune it?

[thinfourth2]

Considering the amount of fabrication you will need to be doing i'd be tempted to go the tiny wee but further and build a locost if you want to go fast.

If you want to do dounuts in a supermarket car park then go for it but its a big job.

[Baryonyx]

Why would you take a great engine like the S2000 has and dump it in a piece of cack like the A3? If you didn't already know, Honda crafted a fine sportscar round the S2000's engine.

[rallycross]

this is a ridiculous idea not worth even considering.

[rohrl]

OP, I've seen a 4.2 litre V8 Audi engine mounted in a rally-prepped A3 a long way back in the engine bay so as to effectively make a mid-front-engined car. That was a hell of a lot of work though and certainly wasn't a first project.

[TonyRPH]

doogz said:

I had assumed he'd be making it RWD, mounting that engine transversely up front, for FWD, what'd be the point? It's not going to make any more power than a half decent 1.8 or 2.0T.

But he'll have an Audi A3 with VTEC YO!!!

[MX7]

rallycross said:

this is a ridiculous idea not worth even considering.

Agree.

[J4CKO]

I am a bit worried about what will happen to the "Imagine" ?

[DanDC5]

J4CKO said:

I am a bit worried about what will happen to the "Imagine" ?

[Crusoe]

Will it start off as an S line?

[Captain Muppet]

If you want something RWD with an Audi-ish image and a longitudinal engine why not just buy a BMW?

E36 M3s can be had for £3k, and are likely to be way better cars than a home made RWD A3.

I've help stick a V8 Lexus engine in to a 1960s Volvo Amazon, and I had a V8 RX7, and I have to say projects are almost always not worth the grief.