[V8] manual trans engine differences

Samuel Mrowka smrowka at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 10:48:45 PDT 2017


The cranks themselves are the same. Although, your post did jog my memory
about other physical differences: the upper oil pan, damper, and timing
belt. On a manual car the oil pan is less "tall" at the bell housing,
probably a similar height to your modified oil pan.

I do not remember the reason for the slight damper difference, though.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Ben Castle <grillage at mac.com> wrote:

> Is the bushing different on the end of the crankshaft? I know when I did
> the swap into my old CQ I turned my 4.2 ABH from auto to manual and needed
> a deeper bushing on the end of the crankshaft.
> Old and aftermarket both pictured inside here:
> http://theprojectpad.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1219&start=11
>
>
>
> On 4/19/17, 1:10 PM, "V8 on behalf of Samuel Mrowka" <
> v8-bounces at audifans.com on behalf of smrowka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I believe the only physical difference is with the throttle body, as
> the
>     manual cars have a throttle damper. The was a rumor that the 5-speed
> cams
>     were slightly different, but I have never seen a part number to back up
>     that claim.
>
>     On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Luis CaifanSC <caifansc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > Are there any differences with the  3.6L v8 engine from an automatic
> car vs
>     > a 5speed car? A fellow lister gave me the tip to an engine that's
>     > supposedly from a manual car but that made me wonder what the
> differences
>     > are and if there is a way you can verify that it came from a 5 speed
> car.
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks!
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