[V8] manual trans engine differences

Luis CaifanSC caifansc at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 17:19:12 PDT 2017


Great info gents, thank you very much!

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Samuel Mrowka <smrowka at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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