Re: 4000/5000/VW Syncro

[Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen@c2i.net>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:38:01 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>Pat Dooley writes:
>> Huh?
>> Doesn't the 944 tranny reside in the BACK of the car?  The Porsche system
>> uses a driveshaft tube which sends torque from the front mounted engine to
>> the rear mounted transaxle.
>> Are you sure these trannies are the same?  The 944 isn't even 4wd.
>
>Yes, some 944 models do use the 016 transmission.  As you state, the
>transmission is mounted in back between the rear wheels, with a long
>torque tube going forward to the front engine.  However the transmission
>casing, gears and other stuff are indeed type 016 as found on the Audis.
>No, the 944 is not AWD, but that doesn't prevent Porsche from adapting
>the same tranny for that application.  Audi also has some 016-based
>front-drive cars too, if I am not mistaken.  The difference is that
>there is no center differential in the 2WD app and the associated rear
>output.

My '87 5k (non-t and non-q) is equipped with a 016. Looks pretty much
the same as the quattro 016, except the lack of some "things" on the
rear.

BTW: I have no plans of doing it, but is it techically possible to
move the whole quattro system (transmission, driveshaft, rear diff and
complete suspension) over to a car that was orginally non-q? Does it
have the correct mounting points? I know that cost and work will make
this an un-interesting conversion, but is it at all possible?

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