Audi TT RS - So there's a new 5 cylinder, 4-valver on the block...

Half a rs6 engine????

 

I heard a rumor a few months ago that this engine may be in an RS3 possibly launched in the Uk in 2010? How true I don't know...

No reason why not tho eh!

& doesn't it sound great!

 

it sounds like the old 5 cyl. audi quattro sports!!! truely awsm.

i dont think you can get a better sounding car than the 85 quattro sports!

 

Cool

Dont fancy doing an in-situ timing belt on that

 

If it's anything like mine, it's a gearbox off chain.

 

I am sure I overtook one of these on the Autobahn a couple of weeks ago. Had great road presence.

 

Well at least there's now 5 coilpacks to worry of instead of 4

 

That engine in a Mk5/6 GTI. Perfection. Who will be first?

 

I disagree, mk5 gti...4 cyl, with dsg is heavy on the nose. Still handles but you can feel the extra 40kg so another 140 hp and the weight would detract in a fwd golf.

I'd have a 4wd gti with that engine in!...remapped to 400 hp please

 

Bolt it straight upto a Mk5 R32 chassis then. Job done.

 

I want one in the rocco. . . . and 4wd!

 

or lambo

 

Then the Focus RS will have a real rival.
Maybe not in price though...

 

Still FSI though, which means a lot of hassle to get the ECU working. I guess you'd need to use the original car's ECU and all the dash, wiring, etc. If you're going to go to that hassle, why not use the R36 engine instead? R36 + turbo would naturally be a better prospect (3.6 litres vs 2.5 litres).

 

But then its a modified engine, with custom mapping etc. This is a factory standard engine with high output and turbo. Better option in my opinion.

 

R36 = direct injection? if so, good luck getting that to work

 

Both R36 and this engine are FSI.

 

i've seen a mk5 gti engine in a mk2 so it's doable....

my mates got a fsi mk5 R32 motor in his raddo so this is alsp doable

Personal;ly i like turbos for the torque.....boooooost

 

as long as you use OEM ecu I can't see a problem with the swap. A wiring genius like Andy would be able to sort a loom out

 

If you ignore all the other issues the OEMs have to counteract and have to make a chioce regarding which engine would have the most potential and can find a means to recalibrate the direct injection to run on forced induction, then a 3.6 turbo VR6 24v would have more potential everytime. Easier said than done though for the aftermarket.

In this climate of fuel economy and "killing the planet slowly" most auto firms are choosing to downsize their powerplants. R32 many be replaced by high output 2.0 Di Turbo (for R20 Golf) and the 2.5 half lambo Di engine, derivative of the engine found in the US Jetta and Rabbit, will be huffed replacing the requirement for the large N/A R36.