For a few years now I've been contemplating taking the 2.3 turbo motor out of my 1988 mustang and throwing the whole drivetrain from an a6 or s4 in. My buddy does car salvaging and he ended up with a 2.7t a6 automatic and i paid $800 to basically gut whatever i want out of it and give him the shell after. So anyways this is where I started. 
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So before i started on the actual swap I needed a new garage sooooo
my dad looking at something lol
a day later
after that the scissor trusses
my brother and dads friend
a bit of plywood
a bit of electrical
some floor paint
some awesome porkrinds from my old work(dads friend owns Porky Co)
and the fun begins
made a subframe/motor/tranny cart out of angle iron and lots of tig welding
removed the rear end all in one piece
got the drive train out and on the cart
removed everything necessary to me and got that shell out of here
now had to get the mustang prepped by removing everything basically lol
play with my puppy Turbo
3d print some nylon parts
it started getting cold
so heater was put it
so i was able to roll the motor under the mustang and see whats what and also it was nice in the garage for being 11 outside
a6 subframe was a lot lower then the mustangs frame
dog!
started working on the mounts using roll cage tubing and 1/8" plate i believe
lil bit of tig welding later
nuts were welded on plate before the pipes were welded on and this is after a long time welding and fitting and re-checking alignment of everything
all welded in
lil paint and they look ok
rear motor subframe mounts that i call ice cream sandwiches. they got some holes drilled in and nuts welded
whole front subframe is now bolted on
removed AC then on to the strut towers and lots of cardboard for templates
welded up the side
templates for the filling sheets
dozens of welding hours later
springs were a lil wide so a hammer and sawzall fixed this lol
test fit of the audi column and pedals
mount the steering rack partially(dont mind the 2 different style mounts lol)
time for the rear end, not that pretty but it works
strut mount
and shes welded in
did have to cut out a considerable amount of the stock frame to fit but o well lol
after a few months of welding cutting and gringing shes finally on the ground
and the shifter mounted real easy, yes its tiptronic lol
Turbo loves cars
Time for the part that would make or break the car, the wiring! I love working with wiring and this bitch has a lot of it lol this is the loom only under the dash for the cluster AC and all that other BS
label everything!
removed what i didnt need
this is what i was left with
now for test fitting and wire organization(the best i could without cutting it all up)
mount the fuse box with a ground stud welded on and the fuse box acts as a mount for the ECU case which i mounted in above
and she worked first try
and started after a running the starter interlock relay swith wire to the TCU output wire
my brother made me a logo for the car
time for some wire organizing lol but dash fits and i need to make a cluster mount
got a new tranny with less then 80k on it
did a lil painting and it looks ok
welded the heater core pipes shut
played with the transmissions a lil bit
made a plate to mount the master cylinder and and pedals, also made an extension for the booster and had to extend the bolts and the threaded stud on the booster by 2.25"
put in a new LCD
but before that i went for a lil drive
http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/BiturboMustang/media/2264_zps01f2f07e.mp4.html
and now im looking for a custom driveshaft so i can take her to get some 1/4 mile times at Great Lakes Dragaway!
