S8 six speed manual

[Goran]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

I don't think the original foot rest will fit with a clutch pedal in there though. at best it would have to be trimmed and re-shaped.

100% correct. The stock wide auto brake pedal foot pad would be too close to the custom clutch pedal to be safe to use. I have some test drawings of pedal separations in Autocad and concluded that the stock auto brake pedal would need to be bent to the right closer to the gas pedal, then cut down to standard footpad width maintaining factory separation from gas pedal and giving enough separation from the new clutch pedal. When I get some time I'll start uploading the drawings I have in pdf format, or if anyone has cad software that can import dwg files I can upload those too.

Just realised you said foot rest, I may have gone onto a rant about a different topic lol.

[Goran]

Originally Posted by awolfinsheepsclothes

my manual parts hunt has so far failed at the first hurdle i can't find a gearbox, missed one at weekend at our sponsors.
cheers Dave

There is an Allroad gearbox in Germany looks to be a 01E, but a bit pricey.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A6-4B...oAAOSwTuJYuTwW

Oops, Allroad has the wrong final drive, 4.375
Although it has a better 2nd gear ratio, the S8 01E (DGV and FRN) 2nd is 1.889 and I can tell you its too long, it struggles under 2500rpm when really it needs to be useable from 2000rpm. Using 1st to crawl in traffic above 2000rpm is horrible, too jerky.
Allroad ratios here. Mental 1st gear, 3.75! That would be one fast car from stop.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...llroad-gearing

[Goran]

One here too, need to find out gearbox code to check if its the 4.111 final drive

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A6-Av...IAAOSwPCVX~P1K

[Goran]

Here are the A6 gearbox codes and ratios from Elsa. I dont know if this list covers all the 01E versions for the A6, there may be more?

[awolfinsheepsclothes]

Thanks Goran they are close enough to me. In fact I've been there it's amazing! I was delivering on the same road and while I was looking for my drop I stopped Outside, just looked up at the breakers yard and the very first car I saw half burnt out Ferrari F40!!!! That got my Attention and then I looked at the next car and the next they where all Ferrari's about 50 of them. The next racks had Porsches, TVR'S a amazing supercar breakers! They even do aviation.
Dave

[MikkiJayne]

Looks like that list is all of them. I have an FTL on the shelf from my old A6 2.5TDIq and the 3.75 1st is more like a crawler gear - too low even for a diesel. The FTL and ENV are the most common A6q 'boxes. There are usually a couple on ebay for ~£250-300. Perhaps to make it more suitable for an S8 1st should be replaced with something a bit higher?

[Goran]

Those breakers sound amazing! Well worth poking around all those sport car parts just for the fun of it.

There are quite a few potentials on ebay, lots of A6 C5 Tdi's being broken.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BREAKING-A...wAAOSwstxVFdJD

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/03-AUDI-C5...wAAOSwNRdX4Y0g

And 01E but with the 4.375 final drive

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-A6-C5...UAAOSw65FXrxg-


I would be curious to see how the 3.75 first feels in a S8, the standard 1st is 3.5 so not far off. I do agree though that the 3.5 stock 1st gear is mental anyway. But fun on some occasions

[Goran]

B7 RS4 1st ratio is close to 3.75 too

1st 3.667
2nd 2.211
3rd 1.520
4th 1.133
5th 0.919
6th 0.778
Reverse 3.333
final drive 4.111

[awolfinsheepsclothes]

I rang Douglas valley on of the reg TPS said it had FRF in it
And the one in Lincoln is DQS I need to look through the list again I think
Dave

[SilverS8]

DQT seems for me to be one of the best options with 4.11 final and 0,561 6th gear for the highway