01A/E with 016 internals?

[Tony Hoffman]

I would think it would be better to use the 01A/E for it's gearing than the
016 for a diesel application. However, there is no way you can swap the
internals. Having had both apart, they are quite different, and it seems
like the mainshaft's are are about 2" different in length.

Tony



On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Woodland, Mark
<Mark.Woodland at dentsply.com>wrote:

> Greetings Audifans,
>
> Can anyone speak to the possibility of swapping 016 internals into an 01A/E
> case?
>
> I've never had the opportunity to have them side by side, or better yet,
> side by side and stripped down.
>
> My understanding is that the downside to hooking a TDI / IDI to an 01A/E is
> the available gearing, and the downside to using the 016 is being limited to
> the 5 cylinder diesel..
>
> Not a problem if you can lay hands on a 2.4 5 cyl, but they were never
> imported into the US, and not all that common in Canada, from what I
> understand..
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>