Audi R10 Transaxles

[Keith Hardy]

With over 1,000 ft lbs of torque on tap, one mischeviously wonders what kind of transaxle the R10's ran at Le Mans and whether there's any spare ones knocking about?

[Phil]

Keith
A few friends and I just had that conversation today. I would think that with the much wider powerband that the diesel has, the gearbox would not need as many speeds...leaving more room for larger gear profiles, bearing surfaces etc. I would bet that they were able to maintain the weight within reasonable limits while constructing a rather strong gearbox. With all that torque and horsepower on tap a little larger set of bearings and gears probably don't matter much. Of course like you, this doesen't mean I am not dying to get a close look at it!
Cheers
Phil

[Fran Hall RCR]

They are running 4 speed boxes I think,
reputed to be lighter than the previous transaxle but with larger gears......