[V8] 5spd conversion questions/poll Long

[Ron Wainwright]

  Lister's,

  Its a grim day here at the house,
 I have had a RMS leak for 6 or 7 months now & have
been putting it off till a time came that I could
afford a 5spd conversion on my low mileage 90 V8Q
since I got the car. After driving 5kq's & 200tqa's
I'm kinda usta the 5spd,
 some times while driving the V8 I find myself going
for the shifter & clutch before I come to a stop sign!
But
 I took the day off today cause as of late it's been
smoking more than usual cause of it being so hot out!
So I figured I would wash the under side of the car to
get the oil off the X pipe for the exhaust & found
some Red fluid basically all over the under side of
the tranny so another words I have a tranny leak I
think its concentration of leakage is on the pass side
where the pump for the tranny fluid is. It also looks
like it's leaking or seaping out of the bolt hols that
attach everything.
 & the rack is leaking so basically I'm looking at a
mess under there. I also need to do the sub frame
bushings cause of all the oil leaking all over
everything! As I mentioned its a grim day!! Not to
mention I could use some new shocks & hardware oh &
I'm due for a timing belt along with everything that
Keith has on the Audiconnection timing belt list.
Cause this will be the 2nd time so I'll replace
everything. Man I'll probley re due the entire motor &
do a head gasket kit on it. But If I go that far I
will get a port & polish & see about more aggressive
cams & such. I know an old muscle car guy who could
rip the motor apart & 
see about getting me some more HP!! OK take a breath.

 But first I would want to do the 5spd conversion
cause of all the oil all over the place. I still have
till this Winter/Spring to do the timing belt. I could
cut the cost of Labor by taking the motor out & just
bringing him that instead of the whole car. But I
won't be able to do that for the tranny I'll still
have to drive the car to Virginia for Keith.

 So as I finaly cut to the chase,
 My question is whats the going rate for those who
have had Keith do it? I'll supply all the parts. I
have all most everything anyway. My 87 5ksq has the
5spd tranny (4:11 gear ratio), the front axles, the
drive shaft,
 Oh another question do I need the shifter tunnel cut
& pedal assemble from a 200 car or can I use the ones
from my 5ksq? Cause it looks like the placement of the
tunnel is a little different than the 200's. Another
words when in the driver seat It feels different than
when I sit my 5ksq's seat & sit there.
 
 I'm almost done spending money on the newly acquired
93 V8Q I got a few months back so to be honest with
you all I'm almost jumping out of my skin to drive
that car, & I just picked up this weekend a 96 A6AQ. 
To be honest I really don't drive the V8 much anyway.
I got it 2 years ago with 82k on the clock those are
original miles! & now it has 92k on it. I haven't
driven it in the winter I usually store it,
 it's just that when I did drive it it would smoke a
little but it being so nice out as of late & there
being Audi gatherings & such I love to take the V8
cause it's so nice. So another words if it's going to
cost an arm & a leg I can wait a bit to gain some more
$$$ for car stuff. Cause I have 5 other Audis I can
drive at any point!

 I'm open for people feeling pity on me as well as
info on the above questions.
Thanks
Ron
87 5ksq many mods 
90 200tqa many mods FS
90 V8Q 92k Pearl 02 OEM S4 17's, Urs4 sport seats,
stebro exhaust, Porsche "BigReds", sport grill, euro
clear turn signals,
93 V8Q 138k Pearl ATS type 10 17's
96 A6AQ 164k

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