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The Audi 01E bellhousing bolt pattern is not the same as the Audi 016. I took my 01E to Kennedy Eng'g. and held their 016 master tooling plate against it; the bolt patterns were in fact different. I recall only two of the holes lined-up, but that was it. Andy

No 01E front drive only transaxles were ever available on Passat's or Audi's in the US (to my knowlege). Passat and Audi (A4, A6, A8) share the same model 012 5 speed on US cars. Andy

[ QUOTE ] Oh yea, the reason, I'm told, that they won't interchange is that the bearing cage for the turgo R&P is larger than in the 016. Hence, you'd have to maching the case for the larger bearings. Now, if the cases are essentially the same, this should be possible, but again I lost...

ANY new Porsche part is going to be expensive. $1100 R&P + $150 transaxle = $1250 + installation; that's still not terrible, and you get decent ratio's. Though I have no personal experience in this regard, I understand that the 944 Turbo racers swap out their stock 3.375:1 R&P in favor of the...

My quest to find the fit up information of the 944T R&P into the 016, has produced something that will hopefully be of benefit and interest to this list. I spoke with German Transaxle of America regarding this issue, and they were quite receptive to determining the fit. We discussed some of the...

Well, I have never disassembled a 944 trans, but it would seem to me that the gears on the pinion shaft ought to be removeable in order to service the big end pinion bearing. The only gear fixed to the pinion shaft is 5th via a spline.The 1st and 2nd hud is free to slide on the pinion shaft...

Been away for quite a while since my last post, but thought I'd chime in after reading this thread. The 944T R&P would make the 016 into a reasonably well suited trans, ratio wise. I ran the ratios for the 5N with the 3.375 R&P, and they look quite good; better so than the 5U. I've heard mention...

The Mendeola site for some reason, is not comming up. They do make a five speed.The 1500HP they (Mendeola) speak of is in sand, where shock loading is quite a bit different than on pavement. They did tell me however, that there's a guy drag racing a 900HP car of some sort using their transaxle...

Re: ERA Build Photo\'s @ Tri-C Michael, The car is looking great. That motor certainly adds an extra touch to the envy of many. I forgot to forward the photo's to you (sorry about that), but I'm glad you caught them here. Let me know the next time you plan on being on this side of town. andy

ERA Build Photo\'s @ Tri-C Here are the latest progress photo's taken on 8/5/04 of ERA s/n 2004 build at Tri-C engineering. The motor w/ Gurney-Eagle heads is being installed. http://members14.clubphoto.com/andy634942/2536298/owner-78e7.phtml Andy

There are some informative discussions on gearboxes (mostly Porsche) for mid-engined V8 applications on the Lambo site. http://www.lambolounge.com/Chassis/Transmission/ratio/index.asp Andy Andy

Howard, Check out the July issue of Car Craft Magazine. Two SBF build articles that might be worth reading. One is the basics of building a 302....I always read this stuff, as you never know what you may have missed in the basics.....The other is an article on a 514HP 347. BTW, the 302 article...

Kalun_D, What is a goood source for the urethane bushings that you show? Thanks, Andy

[ QUOTE ] Found it. http://www.911pcar.com/Porsche_Parts/porsche_parts_transmissions.htm [/ QUOTE ] I've done business with them. Sometimes a bit difficult to get to the right person to answer your questions. Todd runs the business, and he's the one you really need to get ahold of. Pretty...

[ QUOTE ] AJS and Mark, We have just had a ATB style LSD built for the 6 speed Audi OIE box for a car we are building at the moment. The 6 speed LSD's will be available from us shortly and the price should be close to our 5 speed LSD. Best wishes, Robert [/ QUOTE ] Robert, Are the...

[ QUOTE ] In my opinion a torque-biasing limited-slip differential is an absolute must in a GT40. For those who use Audi transaxles, the 016 boxes come from the factory with an open diff (I believe the 5000 Quattro center diff was lockable from inside the car via a pneumatic mechanism). The...

How power pulses affect the gearbox is something Scott at Rennegade Hybrids has much experience with. Many of their conversions are for the 914 V8 that utilize the stock 901 gearbox. As such, they've discontinued a GM V6 kit, since these motors (even fire V6's) destroy the gearbox much sooner...

Lynn, $1200 is actually a very good price for a brand new gearbox. If you were to buy a lot quantity, the price drops to about 1/3 of that; a risk few dealers are willing to take. To date, seems few or no complaints regarding durability have been leveled againt the 016 (anyone?). The good news...

Hersh, I read that post on the FFR Forum. With regard to the visibility issue, I had to "Chime in." "One of my racing bud's has a GTD GT40 replica. Biggest problem is not so much what you can't see, but rather that others' cannot see you....a big problem in traffic, according to him." Hersh...

Rennegade Hybrids\' Parking Brake Rennegade Hybrids has just posted a picture of their new mechanical parking brake. Though 914 w/911 rear brake conversion specific in this case, I don't see why it couldn't perhaps be applied to the GT40. I don't know much about it outside of it being a...