Putting an A8 Transmission in an S8

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Putting an A8 Transmission in an S8

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mattsimis Putting an A8 Transmission in... 3rd February 2011, 10:04 AM

Conan_the_Librarian I believe you need the TCU to... 3rd February 2011, 11:07 AM

mattsimis Sounds reasonable, would the... 3rd February 2011, 11:24 AM

Conan_the_Librarian With regard to the rear Diff.... 3rd February 2011, 12:57 PM

mattsimis Ah right, they explained it a... 3rd February 2011, 03:11 PM

Conan_the_Librarian For piece of mind a rebuild... 3rd February 2011, 03:14 PM

mattsimis Im in Ireland so none of them... 3rd February 2011, 03:16 PM

PsYcHe If it's a proper ZF... 3rd February 2011, 03:49 PM

Mr K the front diff is built into... 4th February 2011, 12:21 PM

Singh With the exact same driving... 4th February 2011, 12:48 PM

Mr K Fair play - really didn't... 4th February 2011, 12:59 PM

mattsimis Nah, that would just be an... 4th February 2011, 11:40 PM

3rd February 2011, 11:24 AM

mattsimis

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Sounds reasonable, would the A8 TCU work ok in conjunction with the S8 ECU? The guys on AW are saying "rear differential is not compatible with an A8 transaxle"... I cannot visualise why different ratios on the Rear diff would make its "incompatible" with a different gearbox.. any thoughts?

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