RE: Auto to a 5speed conversion

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

ABS was an option on FWD models, I have 87 5KCST without ABS.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sachelle Babbar [SMTP:sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 23, 1997 8:36 PM
> To:	quattrolist
> Subject:	Auto to a 5speed conversion
> 
> I know this question has been asked almost too many times before, but
> my
> situation is a little different. I've got an 84 5ksT. They were only
> made
> with slush boxes until 86. I would like to upgrade to a 5 speed if the
> tranny blows. The problem is this: I need manual driveshafts. They can
> only come off of an 86 up. The 86 and ups have abs. I don't. Will they
> fit
> the strut housing? What could I do? I just thought for a second that I
> could try using non turbo 5 speed drive shafts and putting the turbo
> inner
> cv joints on them, but the outer joint may be diff (splines or size).
> This
> quaetion have been boggling me forever. How can I do this (or not!!)