audi s3 v6 conversion

latinmike

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Hi all, decided a couple of weeks ago to do something different, after researching the net and having some help from some people on here and else where i started doin a v6 conversion, the 1.8 lump was doing close to 270 bhp with a few mods but i could do with a few more :)

The v6 engine is a 2.8 24v from a mk4 golf 4motion but im going the extra mile to do a twin ko4 setup on it, has been done but not on an s3 so im quite looking forward to get it done. I will put up some pictures as im going and there will be question im hoping to get help here from u guys :)
 

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im interested in this as a customer of mine with a 4mo has asked me if i will turbo his

what are your plans for management/ECU/loom and what sort of power are you hoping for?
 
Ohhhh lol... yeah i followed advice and got engine gearbox full loom and ecu from the same car, its a straight swap but u have to use the drivers side engine mount off the v6.. so far everything is fitting nicely :) .. i take it as u want this in an s3??
 
Hi guys, i was just talking to a friend that came over to check out the progress and came up an issue, the map sensor!! As im going turbo on the 24v lump i suppose im gonna need one but the ecu i have to use doesnt know whats one of them, is that something the mapping people can deal with, any ideas?

Cheers.
 
latinmike said:
Ohhhh lol... yeah i followed advice and got engine gearbox full loom and ecu from the same car, its a straight swap but u have to use the drivers side engine mount off the v6.. so far everything is fitting nicely :) .. i take it as u want this in an s3??
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no its for the mk4 4mo, he just wants to turbo the engine in the golf, ive looked and like you, there is no cheap way for the engine to know what boost its running, and that would make fueling it correctly harder, esp under full boost i would of thought
 
Im defo gonna have to give the tuning guys a ring to see where i stand with that.. im sure they already thought about that one b4 us lol
 
Mike you need to put photos up, that build is awesome, glad I could play a part in getting it running :D it sounds great!
Will be watching this thread now so get busy!
 
Yeah man! 1st of all thank u for ur help :) i did have lots of pics to put up but my memory card is gone belly up.. i will take some of the rest and put them up... 3 mts of hard work paid up today :)
 
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Latinmike, speak to Sandip on here, he has done a 'S32' build a while ago, he has a thread on here, im sure he will be able to share some ideas etc with what he did on his.

Yours looks good so far, but we need more pics!! ;)
 
As Mike has said already thanks for taking the time to come over to sort his beast out and was good to meet you.
 
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Nilz said:
Latinmike, speak to Sandip on here, he has done a 'S32' build a while ago, he has a thread on here, im sure he will be able to share some ideas etc with what he did on his.

Yours looks good so far, but we need more pics!! ;)
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didn't think his was a twin turbo set up though?
 
Can I enquire why you didn't use a B5 S4/ RS4 engine ? Ifs already a bi turbo and its been done before by Kim Collins @ QST ... They would be a good place to ask questions on your project :)

They're S3 was running a shortened full RS4 suspension and transmission with a shortened prop shaft obviously !!

....oh and about 470bhp+ !! (It was in Audi Driver Mag)
 
quattrokid said:
Can I enquire why you didn't use a B5 S4/ RS4 engine ? Ifs already a bi turbo and its been done before by Kim Collins @ QST ... They would be a good place to ask questions on your project :)

They're S3 was running a shortened full RS4 suspension and transmission with a shortened prop shaft obviously !!

....oh and about 470bhp+ !! (It was in Audi Driver Mag)
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Bunging an inline based engine into a transverse based car isn't that straight forward... VR engine more or less bolt straight in... the V6's would require bodywork mods along with a shed load of custom fabrication...

<tuffty/>
 
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quattrokid said:
Can I enquire why you didn't use a B5 S4/ RS4 engine ? Ifs already a bi turbo and its been done before by Kim Collins @ QST ... They would be a good place to ask questions on your project :)

They're S3 was running a shortened full RS4 suspension and transmission with a shortened prop shaft obviously !!

....oh and about 470bhp+ !! (It was in Audi Driver Mag)
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Because the lumps are huge being wide angle. They're expensive to buy, tune, fix.
And they're not that reliable.

Vr6 engines have the same displacement in a smaller package and are just as capable if not more whilst being cheaper to do so.

Been reading a few vr-t s4 builds on audizine and its inspiring.
 
Ive seen that s3 ur on about (silver one with a 2.7 biturbo rs4 engine) but i want to keen on chopping things off to make that engine fit .. the vr's fit in there as if it was made for it, all i had to change was the drivers side engine mount, all the custom work done to it was just so i could side mount the twins :)
 
latinmike said:
Yes dude is a 2.8 24v with 2 ko4's bolted to it.. 4 motion too so still a quattro :)
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This thread needs some videos fella.....the build sounds epic!

What sort of power is it running?
 
Nilz said:
Latinmike, speak to Sandip on here, he has done a 'S32' build a while ago, he has a thread on here, im sure he will be able to share some ideas etc with what he did on his.

Yours looks good so far, but we need more pics!! ;)
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Alex C said:
didn't think his was a twin turbo set up though?
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latinmike said:
Yes dude is a 2.8 24v with 2 ko4's bolted to it.. 4 motion too so still a quattro :)
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I meant Sandip's car
 
kwistof said:
This thread needs some videos fella.....the build sounds epic!

What sort of power is it running?
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Its not been mapped yet. Only got the immo matching done yesterday.
I cant work out how to upload the photos i took, didnt take a vid as there was a PAS fluid leak so wasnt running for long. I still cant get over how OEM it looked with the setup used.
 
Mine's not turbo'd yet, i'll see how you get on with putting 2 k04's on yours then maybe i'll do something similar :yes:
 
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How have I missed this?
I also live in peterborough and have been researching putting a 24v vr6 lump into mine potentially,

Any more updates?
 
Hey gary, ive had a few issues with piping and to take everything back off, but it did run and it sounded awesome, nearly done again :) where abouts in peterborough mate? Im just off st pauls rd (dogsthorpe/millfield)..
 
Just round the corner in gunthorpe, used to go school over that way! Was at mill field autos getting an emergency replacement coilpack and swapping it on the road at 7.45 last night lol!
 
So I know the guy who helped fit this, unfortunately mike died in 2014 on the a47 after a tire blow out on him at speed.
Very sad as I've read this beforehand and later met the guy who had this mad story about his mate who had this crazy yellow s3 idea and rolled with it.
Same user name and also from Peterborough like me.
Just thought I would post on here out of respect to the guy looking for power like all of us really.
Rip mike,
even though I didn't meet you, the guy I met made me feel like I did.

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andrew_wright said:
So I know the guy who helped fit this, unfortunately mike died in 2014 on the a47 after a tire blow out on him at speed.
Very sad as I've read this beforehand and later met the guy who had this mad story about his mate who had this crazy yellow s3 idea and rolled with it.
Same user name and also from Peterborough like me.
Just thought I would post on here out of respect to the guy looking for power like all of us really.
Rip mike,
even though I didn't meet you, the guy I met made me feel like I did.
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Damn, right in the feels... RIP Mike
 


Here's the car running with the twin's.
They where taken off and a single turbo was fitted a few days before the crash.

This is all I know about the guy and his car. All I want is for people to know what happened.

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