[MikkiJayne]

Kind of late to the conversation, but why not use a 1.9 TDI engine and power adders (bigger turbo, injectors & chip) Can easily make big HP and Torque numbers, is a very small power plant and trans choices are large..

:? Even I wouldn't suggest a 1.9 TDI to someone who was considering a W12 It'll 'easily' make 200hp / 300lb-ft but beyond that it gets pretty expensive. Not sure anyone has managed 440hp from one!

Now a V8 TDI would be a different kettle of fish entirely, but thats probably a whole other thread :wink:

 

[MikkiJayne]

Did the D2 have CAN-BUS? If not could you use the electronics from one of those instead?

 

[MikkiJayne]

I bet you could do it with two aftermarket ECUs though (just like the RS4)

One to control fuel and ignition and one to control the cams - feed them both the same inputs but set them up and map them to do different things!

Or, one to do fuel and inlet cams and one to do ignition and exhaust cams, that way you can probably run full sequential, or at least batch fire and wasted spark

 

[MikkiJayne]

Cos you just have a Porsche gearbox kicking about. Obviously

I found that the 924 box had more in common with the 3.6 V8 than the 012 from an A4. Weird coincidence?

 

[MikkiJayne]

The only W12 swap I've ever seen was in a VW Fridolin...

http://www.volksforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13749

It looks like it only has a single ECU in this vid...

 

[MikkiJayne]

Could you get an insert made to fit the Phaeton flex plate? Or is that too big to go in the gearbox?