"One" of my Audi A5 gearboxes arrived today, all your fault Ross, i'm buying them in bulk!
The great news is this box weighs a lot less than my A4 box in my Mk1, i wish this had been around when i was doing that project, i reckon it's a good 20kgs lighter.
The first thing that's very apparent is the diff area, i am going to have to remove engine block material in this area on the V12
(V8 looks like it will need modifying too), but it shouldn't be a huge problem.
Some dimensions for the tranny whores.
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Oops! wrong link! That'll teach me for typing tranny whore into google
The middle of the output shafts are 45mm from the bellhousing face, now i have estimated i will need a 1" thick adapter plate on the V12, but the shafts sit 7" further forward on this box than the older A4 unit, so by my maths i am gaining 4.25" of space by using this gearbox, that's a huge amount.
It also means on a V8 swap i gain 5.25", that definately puts the Audi V8 inside the engine bay without having to cut the front wall
(at least at the bottom of it and should only need a top access panel if that)
So, so far it's all good news, although there is a very long way to go.
