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[Frank de Kat]

>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 15:28:20 -0800
>From: Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net>
>Reply-To: one at humanspeakers.com
>Organization: HUMAN Speakers
>To: Mathieu Tetrault <matrault at videotron.ca>
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: coupe gt to coupe gt quattro?
>
>
>> i have a 1986 coupe GT automatic .  i want to know if  one day i found
>> a 4000 quattro for part.  can i switch the manual transmission and the
>> differential to fit on my GT
>> 
>> it is difficult?  can i fit any year on my 1986. if you have
>> experience tanks to let me know.
>
>Sure, you'd need a lot of parts though.  drivetrain, of course. 
>floorpan.  front subframe.  entire rear suspension.  rear brake lines,
>proportioning valve.  exhaust system.
>
>worth it, maybe if you also swap in a turbo engine... but not exactly a
>weekend project.  More like a summer of weekends!
>
>Martin Pajak has done it, but he's crazy.
>
>-- 
>Huw Powell

In response to Mathieu's original question, could not a 4000q transmission
go directly into a coupe, *IF* the rear diff lock was permanantly locked?
This may give other gear ratio options to the coupe racers too...?

Regards,



Frank de Kat 
fdekat at sentex.net   
Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Audi 4000CSq (x2 !)
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