re. Re: putting a auto trans in a '91 20VTQA

[Taka Mizutani]

As it was mentioned previously, you would need to widen the transmission
tunnel and do a lot of other stuff in order to convert a '91 200q20v to
automatic.

You're opening up a huge nest of worms to make it FWD on top of that. You're
better off keeping it quattro and getting the appropriate V-8 auto trans or
UrS
auto trans from Europe.

At least with quattro and automatic, you're making a unique,
fully-functional car
that won't look like a hack job if it's done right.

I'm suggesting the 850 because it's a less expensive but good alternative-
have you
really looked at one and driven it? They're not bad- a friend of mine has a
'94 that is
holding up very well.

Taka


On 1/26/06, JordanVw at aol.com <JordanVw at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> doing a auto tranny swap into a 20vTQA seems easier to me..  i get the
> turbo
> stuff, the 20v, and the unique one year only body w/ flared fenders
> etc.  as
> far as the 'tranny not holding up"   i seriously doubt that.  im 32, not
> 16.  i
> dont race my cars.  ive got 160k out of my last auto trans type44T without
> a
> rebuild.  its called preventative maintenance :<)    a average
> condition/hi
> miles '91 20vtqa can be had for $2000-$3000 in decent running cond.    a
> donor
> 89-91 200T fwd can be had for $500-$1500 in good running cond.
> all the rest would be labor.
>
> still kicking ideas around though, and appreciate all the feedback-
>