5 speed swap

Navistrpwr at aol.com Navistrpwr at aol.com
Mon Feb 17 19:50:36 EST 2003


I recently got a hold of a 5 speed gearbox out of an '86 5k, and I want to
install it in my FWD '86 5kt.  I have all of the parts necessary to do it
(pedal assembly, shifter, throttle cable, etc.), but I have a few unanswered
questions about the installation.

Are the ratios different between the 016 used in the naturally aspirated 5000
and the 5000 TQ?  I believe the n/a uses a 4.11 final drive ratio and has a
different third gear ratio, but I'm not positive.  I have a list of the
different tranny codes, but I'm not sure which code is attributed to which
vehicle.  Is there an identification number on the side of the gearbox and
final drive?

I know that the 5000 TQ uses a larger diameter clutch assembly.  However,
will the clutch assembly I got off the n/a 5000 be sufficient enough to
handle the power of the FWD turbo?  Also, I'm not sure if the flywheel I have
has the proper ignition trigger on it.  It has several dowel pins, but I've
never actually taken a look at the flywheel in my automatic turbo to compare
it to this unit.  If they are different, I was thinking about getting a
flywheel out of a 5000 TQ and installing it in my vehicle along with a TQ
clutch kit.

Finally, will my speedometer be accurate?  I'm almost certain the speedo
gears out the automatic vehicles are different from those used in the 5-speed
vehicles.  Can I simply switch the gear from the 5 speed gearbox onto the
speedo unit in my vehicle?

Sorry for the multitude of questions, and I'm sure these have probably been
answered before somewhere in the quattro list, but I've been searching for
quite some time now and I thought it might be easier to simply post an
e-mail.

Thanks in advance,

Ray McCarthy
navistrpwr at aol.com



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