[s-cars] S4 Replacement

[Joe Pizzimenti]

At VIR, IIRC, Randy also mentioned that they were not equipped with a
center torsen diff, but rather a viscous coupling, and perhaps this is
why the gearboxes were lasting so long.

Joe, does that mean my Evo's a quattro, Pizzo


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:18:31 -0500, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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