Udo, do you have any more pics of how your gearbox sits on the chassis on the nearside. Did you have to modify the chassis in any way, mounted my 01x without any modifcation and the engine tilt is too far forwards atm.Hi Nick, the SGT doesn‘t work that well with the Audi gearbox, that‘s true. The left gearbox cover plate needed to be modified like this:
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And the right rear bar of the SGT frame needed to be cut off because of fouling with the cable gear shift mechanism, so I replaced it with a custom made one - I had never done this to my first car, the Cobra :
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Hi Phil, yes, I needed to cut off the rear vertical frame element, instead a straight member, I welded an approx. 160 degree one. I will check if I will find a picture. Also, the left cover of the transmission required some modifications, see below. Finally, the bracket of the left lower wishbone comes with countersink screws now.Udo, do you have any more pics of how your gearbox sits on the chassis on the nearside. Did you have to modify the chassis in any way, mounted my 01x without any modifcation and the engine tilt is too far forwards atm.
Hi Phil, sorry, no more pictures, I hope that you are ok with the information above. If you are at LMC, I can show hardware. Best, UdoHi Phil, yes, I needed to cut off the rear vertical frame element, instead a straight member, I welded an approx. 160 degree one. I will check if I will find a picture. Also, the left cover of the transmission required some modifications, see below. Finally, the bracket of the left lower wishbone comes with countersink screws now.
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I hope that this helps a bit. Udo
Unfortunately i wont be there. If uoi get chance an manage to take a pic of how your box sits against the chassis rail passenger side that would really help.Hi Phil, sorry, no more pictures, I hope that you are ok with the information above. If you are at LMC, I can show hardware. Best, Udo
UdoThis is just a heads-up if you use the Audi/VW 01E transmissions and a converter kit, you better measure before building the stuff into your car! My transmissions leaked after 600 km, so it got disassembled out of the car. Fig. 1 shows the status after a while. In fig 2 you see the result when using a standard 01E with an aluminium adapter plate and an off the shelf roller bearing housing. The transmission shaft sits only 5mm in a 14mm diameter bearing, that causes a pretty short lifetime. The situation with the bearing inside the transmission is the same and also needs to be exchanged, fig 3, togehter with the damaged sealing. If everything runs well, I am back on the street next Sunday ...
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Perfect thank you, i have a engineer drawing of it so i'll get another on made up 10mm longer.Hi Phil, a friend built a longer one. I measured the required length after the first one fails, and since then it is quit for 5.000 km. It was around 10mm extension. Sorry, I don‘t have more precise numbers, Udo