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Im interested to know what sort of uprights people having been using with the Audi 016? Ive been experimenting with the Audi strut itself- its not the easiest thing to do! Im also considering using (Ford)Granada driveshafts and adapting the Granada uprights to suit double wishbone? Has anyone...

Ive been doing my homework on what gearboxes Audi have used. The Haynes manual on Audi 100/5000 from 1991-1997 states that both the 012 and 01E were used on this model- no mention of the 016. Also the 012 was used in 80/4000 model from 86-90 (and later probably). From looking at a couple of...

Thx to you both (and Rob- its raining here in NI- ur not missing any good weather ) One other thing: Why is it necessary to move the gearchange to the righthand side? Is it for space reasons i.e. shape of chassis or something to do with LHD or RHD? Thx again chris

Can anyone tell me the years of production for the Audi 016? I have a trans from a 1986 coupe but it is described as 093 in the Haynes manual (selector shaft is straight out the back of the gearbox). Apparantly the 016 has the selector on the left hand side- am I correct?- just want to...

Does anyone know a good site which shows the dimensions (length/width) of various engines. Im most interested in Ford/Chevy smallblock V8 and also the Rover/Buick V8 Thanks chris