07-09-2014, 11:07 AM
.RJ Wrote:Cant get a B8 avant with 3 pedals. Sad panda. Plenty of B7's out there though.... and I may or may not be looking at the APR kits and it would be about $5k for the K04 & Exhaust upgrade....
Or just sack up and buy the S4 B7 Avant and drive around with a boner all day and live in fear of replacing timing chain guides.
Sounds like Option #2 would get uncomfortable after a few hours. :wink:
Honestly if you were going to do something like that, an older B7 is probably a better place to start. I'm sure a full on K04 swap would void your warranty for most parts that are going to break, so paying for a B8 under warranty would be a bit of a waste. The only thing that really skeeves me out about those are the insane suspension setups with millions of little bushings, but if you were able to find one that had been recently refreshed you could forget about it for a few years.
The power you can get out of the K04 swap is nuts. GIAC claims 300-330hp/300-350ft-lbs for their tune with the S3 KO4 and S3 injectors. That would turn an Avant into like a Golf R-XL.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S