I have a 91 vert i drive daily, everything works like a dream, A/C/heat/cruise ect.. just getting heavy on the miles (151,***) on the original engine/drivetrain.

I picked up a "project" 87 TII with S5 jdm swap (electrical issues) with all the S4 parts except the irons/housings. So i have everything to convert everything on the outside of the S5 to S4 to run it in the 87 except the ECU.

My plan was the TII swap the vert, plug and play.. But im wanting to fire up the engine in the S4 and drive it a little bit to make sure its worthy of daily driving for the vert.

Body wise both cars are in perfect condition and i would feel bad to junk the TII.

So vote on the poll...

 

Had some friends come over and really get some things sorted out and the engine is good mechanically, narrowed it down to a fuel pump ground issue (maybe the reason the original engine poped), ECU ground, and or dirty/stuck injectors. The engine ran a started with gas poured into the throttle body for more than 10 seconds (reving, poped the loose intercooler off, and got warm to the touch)

Just a side note... there are currently 2 tan/brown S4 TII's i know of and its kind of pushing me away from building this car and go ahead and swap the vert. (because it will be the only one ive seen and is less mainstream-ish lol)

Lets get some responses going here...