quattro Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4

[Edward R. Wendell IV]

>> 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
>>

Actually, for a mid engine rear drive setup I see no reason why the 
transmission would have to be flopped. The engine would still be ahead 
of the transaxle just like the donor car. Only the position of the 
whole assembly would change relative to the passenger compartment.

This is a different scenario from the mid engine conversion of a drive 
train from a rear engine vehicle. In that case the engine is going from 
behind the axle to in front of it meaning that the assembly is oriented 
180 deg from normal. In that case, unless something in the drive train 
is swapped forward gear causes rearward motion.

Roy Wendell
Clarksburg WV USA
86, 87 5kcstq
87 MR2 times 2
Three turbos, two quattros, too much fun