6 Speed for 87cgt?

[Ti Kan]

The car in question here is a CGT which normally comes with a type 093
manual transmission.  To my knowledge there is no 6-speed version of
such.  To adapt a different Audi transmission (6 speed or not) to it
would at the minimum require re-engineering the shift linkages and mounts,
and there are possibly also clearence issues with transmission tunnel,
exhaust pipework and other things.

-Ti
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bmxman 69 writes:
> I think that the only thing that changes in the 6 speed is the gear cluster. 
>   The boxes usually fit together in three pieces, the flywheel/clutch 
> housing, the gear cluster, and the tail section.  I'm almost positive that 
> all of the Audi transmissions have an output shaft at the rear, but in the 
> FWD cars there's a plug that goes over it as shown in my 5kt manual.
> 
> Theoretially you could bolt a 6 spd tranny from an S6 to any of the inline 
> 5's regardless of the drivetrain configuration.  On the non quattros the 
> layout is still the same from the tranny forwards.  Therefore you'd just 
> have to plug the hole in the back of the tranny where the driveshaft would 
> be.