Wanna have a good laugh about some guy's technical knowledge?

[Charlie Smith]

Earlier, Fred Munro wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mihnea Cotet" <mik at info.fundp.ac.be>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:41 AM
> Subject: Wanna have a good laugh about some guy's technical knowledge?
>
> > Here's a Swiss RS2 fan home page....apart from the spelling mistakes
> (which
> > are horrible in French as well, this guy doesn't seem to know either
> > language very well!), he's presenting some wrong facts as the absolute
> > truth...i.e, the RS2 uses the same gearbox as the Porsche 968...I'd sure
> > like to see a quattro 968!!! :-)
> > http://www.planet.ch/audirs2/home111.htm
> >
> <snip>
>
> Well, there is a familial resemblance. The 968 uses a Getrag transaxle which
> happens to be suffering pinion bearing failures not unlike the failures in
> the Getrag transaxles in the North American '92 - '93 UrS4s. A lot of 968
> owners are up in arms over this - apparently Porsche isn't too eager to step
> up to the plate on repairs.

The Porsche 968 uses the 2WD 01E gearbox, just like the 2WD A8's.
Other than gear ratios, and the center differential & hollow counter
shaft this is essentially the same transmission as the 01E Quattro
gearbox.  It comes in a variety of configurations, gear ratios,
and I understand it has the same weak spots.

    http://www.elektro.com/~audi  and click on the transmission
    picture for 01E information.

    - Charlie


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