re. Coupe GT Tranny swap, what's involved?

[Bob Rossato]

A few years back a friend of mine was in the process of building a couple of
Improved Touring Audi coupes and had picked up an '86 automatic for one of
the shells.  It turns out the body shell for the automatic is different and
the tunnel was too small for the manual transmission.  Would have required
some persuasion from a sledge hammer and perhaps more with regard to mounts.
Can't recall.  In any case, it isn't a simple swapping of parts.  I can try
to find out more.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Ben Swann
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 12:14 AM
> To: 'spokes at mail.the-wire.com'
> Cc: SWANN (E-mail); 'quattro at audifans.com'
> Subject: re. Coupe GT Tranny swap, what's involved?
>
>
> Keep me in the loop on this, as I have an '86 automatic and was
> considering
> the same - well minor differenct is I have complete drivetrain from '89
> 80(4 cyl, std. fwd)..
>
> Ben
> [Okay...I'm getting more and more convinced that I really need
> two projects
> in
> my driveway, and not just one.  I figure if I have two...then hopefully I
> can
> time it right so that I've got one on the road when the other one decides
> it
> needs work.
>
> yeah, yeah, I know...pipe dream.
>
> Regardless, there's a cherry Coupe GT I can buy...but it's an Automatic.
>  Does
> anyone know what PARTS are involved in doing a tranny swap?
>
> I figure:
>
> Tranny.
> Tranny mounts
> Clutch
> Shift Linkage
> Pedal assembly
> Clutch master/Slave (if it's post 1984.5...right?) Otherwise,
> cable clutch.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> C.V. joints?
> little nuts, bolts, seals etc.
>
> -Dave]
>