allroadCole

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/108298/dsc02174.jpg"></center><p>A local S4 AW'r was doing a turbo swap this weekend so I spent most of Sunday helping out. Great time, met some new Audi people and learned a lot.

But WOW do I have a new found respect for all the DIY Stage III guys on this forum. You'd have to be pretty ballzy to attempt a 2.7T turbo swap all by yourself with no direct experience.

Last time I did an engine pull was on a 65 mustang, the 2.7T was just a little different &lt;/sarcasm&gt;.

The main reason I wanted to help out was to gauge the amount of work required to pull the engine and see if it was something I wanted to attempt DIY (for the inevitable TcQ failure)... Me thinks when the time comes I will take it to the shop...

I like working on cars... But, imho to have professional shop pull the engine, separate the engine transmission replace the TcQ and put it all back together for $700 labor seems like a pretty good deal -

arnick'02-6spd

They're not quite the same thing.

Trango

...to hammering on siezed fasteners, rust patches you could thread a sideways breadloaf through (for lack of a more suitable euphemism), torching off more, and often rubber-coated, bolts and rivets and whatever else that took years off my respiratory health...

the allroad turbo swap was straightforward, just time-consuming. And getting it to run afterwards? Just reassemble, hook everything up, prime the oil system via some fuel-free cranking, and then put the fuel pump fuse in and GO. It was easy.

uber_ar

FYI engine stays in with a TqC replacement

greenmeanie

Do you have any good sources for a FJ60 power steering pump? I want one for a power steering conversion on my latest Series Landy project. Everyone tells me the Toyota folk swap theirs out for the Scout boxes but I can never find out wwhat they do with their old ones.

Cheers
Gregor

allroadCole

But if you can just drop the Tip and leave the engine in that is good news.

That would also explain why a shop will replace the TqC for only $700 labor. hmmm... I just dont see how it is humanly possibly to get to the upper bolts on the bell housing when the engine/trans are still mounted in the car???

But it must be possible I guess.

Thank you for the info...

arnick'02-6spd

http://www.sor.com/

http://www.downeyoff-road.com/

greenmeanie

I'm looking at the used route so I can get a pump and box at one time. Buying new gets expensive really quickly.

The other option is a Scout II set up but I hear it makes the steering feeled somewhat overpowered when compared to the FJ60 set up. Of course I could get into playing with the pressure relief springs to reduce flow but that coudl turn into a science project pretty quickly.

Over on the east coast FJ boxes seem to be cheap. Over here on the sunny side they are pretty thin on the ground. It must be a rust thing.

Cheers
Gregor

arnick'02-6spd

Trust me, I know.

Good luck.

Nappy

it was definitely quicker the second time around. Watching those guys go through the motions should give you an advantage.