okie, a t56 is gonna be too costly, so i may end up with an fd tranny...

who has done this?
will the t2 bellhousing bolt up so i can keep the 2nd gen pressure plate?

will the driveshaft fit; do i have to get it cut, or are the splines different?

will the mount/crossmember bolt in, use the 2nd gen, use the 3rd gen? or make one??

muchas thank you

 

I tried and the FD tranny will bolt up but thats about it. I was just told that you're fine with a TII trans and to not waste time with what a pain in the *** it is to mount a FD trans in a FC.

 

i don't like the fc tranny. it shifts like **** and top gear is too low.

 

hmmm..
i was just given a gtu tranny last night.

 

A GTU tranny???

All Non turbo coupe trannys are pretty much the same, only top gear changed in 87.5 to a .697 instead of the .711 (found on the 86-87.5).

 

.697?????
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!

everyone says not to do that cuz i'll break it....same thing they said about my n/a diff--which i've had in there for 2+ years (300+rwhp) and it's still going strong.

what's top gear on the s4 turbos? .763 or .736?

 

R-type tranny 5th gear in 87= .697
R-type tranny 5th gear in 87.5 and up= .719

and that is found in the options and standard features sticky thread at the top of this section

 

i remember the factory manual saying something dirrerent... lemme dig that up and find it

 

got it...
77-88 turbo it says .762 for top gear

 

i think i'll try it. if i blow it up i can always put the turbo tranny back in.

correct me if i'm wrong, but i'll need a t2 pressure plate and an n/a disk right?

 

Ahhh 77 as in 1977??? ah okay...anyway where did you get that wrong info from???

 

my bad...87-88

got that from the factory manual

 

The factory manual only covers a single year... try again...

Now looking through again my stuff it does say that the 88 was .762 for top gear, for the Turbo (R-type) trannys, but that in 89 it dropped to the .71 (which probably means the 87 and 87.5 was also a .762).

 

what i've read in the 87, 88, and 91 manuals is .762, .762, .736 respectively.

whatever...i wonder if i could find a crackhead tranny shop that could just put the n/a 5th gear in a turbo tranny--then i'd have the best of both worlds.