building a diesel quattro or synchro

[Brian Roth]

I've heard that a TDI will bolt up to any 4 cyl liquid cooled VW transaxle
but I think my source was the same that said the 4's and 5's were all
interchangeable. According to what you're saying about the 80 quattro 5 cyl
trans being compatible with the 4 cyl's and the 4000 quattro 5 cyl trans not
being compatible with the 4 cyl's wouldn't that neab that Audi changed the
bell pattern on the 5 cyl's at some point?

Where do you go to do your research? I have access to Chilton's and some
Motor repair books but I don't think they go into these descriptions. Is
there a way to tell differences in bell housing patterns by codes or engine
family?

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> From: 	ScottyCBoy at aol.com
> Sent: 	Monday, April 22, 2002 11:49 AM
> To: 	broth at sanjuan.edu
> Subject: 	Re: RE: building a diesel quattro or synchro
>
> Well My research has shown that the four cylinder found in the 80 will
> bolt up to a 5 cylinder box found in an 80. The four cylinder will not
> bolt up to a 400 Quattro box. I'm not sure about the TDI as VW could have
> changed the bolt pattern.
>
> Scott
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