not the car, is there an easy way to know if its an n/a tranny from a turbo? also the rear end, n/a versus the TII. thanks in advance

 

i think that the T2's have 2 drain plugs on the tranny's,
and the n/a's only have one drain plug.

I've got no clue as to the rear end Q

 

turbos diff is an lsd should be a plate on the fill plug saying you need a special lube but some n/a's come with the same diff i think

 

the turbo tranny looks completely different, its all ribbed and beefy looking. also, the n/a bellhousing has these ridges that sort of twist around it, the TII one doesnt. the TII rear end is much bigger, has an 8" ring gear instead of a 7".

 

GXL came standard with LSD

 

I understand its real easy to see the difference side by side but I have nothing to compare to.

 

The Turbo trans has 3 drain/fill plugs on the left side, the N/A has only 2.

Have someone measure the bolt to bolt hole distance on the pinion flange. When it warms up later today, I can measure the Turbo diff I have in the garage. Just don't feel like walking 100' in snow to get to the garage right now, but I will do it later if no one responds.

 

maybe you should spend more time reading, then you might be able to tell

 

TII tranny is heavy. A N/A tranny is easy to carry.

 

7 answers and not one that had the simple way.

The Turbo tranny's have a big access plate on them simular to a flat oil pan. It's bellhousing is also a seperate piece bolted onto the main section of the tranny.

Non turbo trannys do not have the access panel and the bellhousing and tranny is all one peice

 

I thought pretty simple if you can count to 1, 2, 3 plugs.

The flange on the TII center to center bolt holes 2.875" or 2 7/8". The measuement is adjacent holes and not opposite holes.

Hope this helps until a more simplified response comes along.

 

Look at the VIN.

a vin with JM1FC332XXXXXX is turbo.

a vin with JM1FC333XXXXXX is non-turbo.

That was painless

 

what about JM1FC331XXXXXX ???

 

my bad...

331 is non-turbo.

There may be a difference between series, my numbers were for an S4. Either that or my memory is going the way of the dinosaurs!

 

what about looking at the part numbers for the diff and the drain plugs for the trans.

 

IIRC if you cant figure it out, Kevin Landers has a pic of both and talks about it... look for rotaryresurections.com

 

ok the tranny is pretty straight forward, but the diff will take a little more effort