Re: 4000/5000/VW Syncro

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Others have reported here recently that transferring a Q-system to a non-Q
car would require trading the bottom bodypan at the rear of the car.
Non-Q's don't have the required suspension/drive system mounting points.

Kneale Brownson


At 05:24 PM 11/1/99 +0100, Eyvind Spangen wrote:
>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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>ES
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