SV: [V8] hair-brained scheme

[Jorgen Karlsson]

> I have a couple of questions about transmissions:
> 1) Does ZF make the 5 (and 6) speed Audi transmissions?
Don't know.

> 2) Do other ZF transmissions (like the rear-wheel-drive-only version of
> ours found in the BMW 7 series) bolt up to our blocks?  How about any
> manual RWD-only transmissions?

The only one I can come up with is from old Volvo diesels. They had straight
six cylinder Audi/VW engines.

> 3) In the case of #2 above, would the rear transaxle from our car still
> work in a RWD-only application?

It should work, but it's hard to tell how the rear diff from an AWD car will
hold up when it see's all the torque. I have heard that its easy to grenade
the rear differentials when tracking a high power car with locked Q1 center
or welded torsens. This would of course not be a problem if mated with a
weak Volvo transmission.

Jorgen