[V8] V8 5spd conversion... it can be done LONG

[Buchholz, Steven]

... I agree with what you're saying here 100% ... 

... the one thing that was clear was that Keith was providing his informed
support to Shiv ... as I'm sure he has and will do for others who brave the
DIY route.  There are others here who would rather not undertake such a task
themselves ... I can think of several folks on this list who have paid
wrenches to do tasks I have done for myself.  In the light of that fact, the
public information that is available here could be handed over to such a
wrench ... allowing that individual to benefit from someone else's efforts
... this is not kosher in my book.  If someone wants to have their wrench do
this job ... perhaps Keith would be willing to share info for a consulting
fee.  That said, if I did all the work on a 5-speed conversion on my own, I
personally would not have any problem sharing freely with the list ... but
since my cars already have 5-speeds there isn't too much to worry about in
this instance!  :-)

[personal thoughts on chip copying deleted]

I think it is also appropriate to point out that all vendors do benefit from
the fact that there is a collection of Audi V8 owners on this venue ... I
don't think it would be difficult to prove that business is enhanced by this
list.  Hopefully vendors do take that into account and provide a bit of that
extra benefit to Dan for the maintenance of the hardware that provides this
service ...

Steve Buchholz  
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
>    I can see why it is wrong to copy a chip - on the other 
> hand, I can't
> see why it is wrong to share info on retrofitting a v8 with a manual
> tranny.  I understand that professional mechanics must make a 
> living, and
> I am not suggesting that they give up their secrets, but if 
> you are like
> me, I am my own mechanic and if I were to tackle the swap I 
> would do it
> all myself.  Even if I couldn't find the info I would figure 
> it out on my
> own, but it wouldn't hurt to have some helpful advice from 
> someone else
> that has been there.  I know I would be happy to talk to someone about
> this if I had done it - I mean isn't that what most of the 
> posts on this
> list are about anyway?  I don't think Bruce, Keith and the like are in
> trouble here because most people are not going to try this on 
> there own -
> they will take it to a mechanic - but if they do want to 
> attempt this, in
> most cases nothing will stop someone that stupidly determined 
> (I speak of
> myself, so no offense to anyone in my boat;)