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Old 13th May 2019, 01:20 PM
paulrstaylor paulrstaylor is offline
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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne View Post
You can't swap autos between engines because the ECU and TCU know which one of each they should be talking to. Plus the 3.7 has a 5hp19 and the 4.2 has a 5hp24.

My solution would be to manual swap an S8 with a TDI gearbox. You get the same 1-5 as the auto, plus a super-high cruising gear. This is the result:

All well and good but 730 miles at 16mph would be a painful 45 hours in an S8
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