Transmissions and KIT cars

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The latest issue of Grassroots Motorsports has an article on a GT40 kit from Roaring Forties Australia (www.roaringforties.com.au).  The turn-key model's "Getrag five-speed transmission is from an early 1980s Audi 5000 Turbo."  The item states that it has been "flopped to accomodate the GT40's mid-engine configuration."  It also states that the tranny uses a cable shift linkage, so that might help ID it.  I've heard of other kit cars and conversions using the 5kt transmission, usually for the reasons that it is quite robust, and it is relatively cheap (at least one stated this was because the UA debacle severely devalued these cars.)

Now an AWD GT40...  That would be nice.

M
'86 5kcstq
> > So why did you abandon the torsen swap to your 5k?
> > 
> > I have been daydreaming of and am seriously interested
> > in performing a torsen swap to my '87 4kcsq.  
> > 
> > Is this too far fetched?  Is it an easy fit?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > kevin
> 

> Actually, I'm going to abandon the whole 5k modifications I'd planned. I 
> also purchased a used 034 EFI to put in it that I'll have to sell as 
> well. I have a 91 200 20V, and the 5k doesn't get driven much any more. 
> I'm just going to continue fixing the little bugs on the 5k and sell it 
> in a year or so. So it's not worth the time and $$ to make the fun car I 
> was planning.
> 
> The tranny will bolt right in the 5k. I don't know about the 4k at 
> all....never had one. On the 5k, it's necessary to swap in the rear diff 
> from a 91 200 or V8 to get a matching 4.11:1 ratio in the back.
> 
> Certainly some of the other 4k experts would have a good idea of how 
> involved this swap would be.