[s-cars] S4 Replacement

[LL - NY]

The techs stated specifically (at the dinner) that they were S4TT trannies, no 
mention of RS4. Either way, they were 01E's, and none too special. They said
the rules required that any parts for the car HAD to be off the shelf (IOW, must
be availible for inspectors on hand in less than 2 days after an
inspector's request. Kind of rules out special materials, or handling,
like special shot-peened gear faces.).

LL - NY


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:13:16 -0500, Robert Rossato <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> wrote:
> That jives with the story we got from the Champion mechanics we talked
> to last year at Lime Rock.  I thought they mentioned they were
> essentially S4TT transmissions, but they might have been RS4 versions.
> Can't recall for sure.  In any case, they were basically 01E gearboxes,
> and they were lasting longer than they expected.
> 
> Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces+r0ssat0_987=att.net at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces+r0ssat0_987=att.net at audifans.com]
> > On Behalf Of Steve Eiche
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:50 PM
> > To: james.murray at ericsson.com; s-car-list at audifans.com;
> > s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: RE: [s-cars] S4 Replacement
> >
> >
> > Randy was definitely mistaken.  I happen to know that the
> > transmission builder had one of the six speeds unclaimed by
> > Champion left over.  Apparently, the transmissions lasted
> > better than they thought they would, so they didn't buy it.
> > It is basically a RS4 box (like RS2, but with the pump) and
> > has shotpeened gears, but is otherwise pretty much standard
> > 01E.  It sold for one tenth that price, and is going in a
> > wild S2 being built in IL.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > James wrote:
> >
> > 50K for a transmission !!!??? wow.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:43 PM
> > To: Cody Payne
> > Cc: John Farr; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] S4 Replacement
> >
> >
> > Randy Pobst told us that the manual transmissions in the RS6 were well
> > over $50k. Better look elsewhere... <g>
> >
> > Steve
> >
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