URQ info and S2 request

**audiman** · 30 July 2003, 22:13

Notice that i am now full grandad status!!

Anyway, the RR box is totally different to the s2 one. The UR uses a much stronger box, the s2 uses a box that was designed for a non turbo quattro! hence the probs with 2nd gear, the actual gear is too narrow to take the torque. 6 speeder in the s2 is a bit stronger, but they changed the box in the RS2 to take the extra grunt. The 6 speed from a tt wont fit. It uses a different type of quattro system and the engine is transverse. A 6 speed from an s2 may fit as the casings are slimmer.

I know that to change a 3b 5 speed car to aby 6 speed, you need different flywheel and clutch, front subframe and gearchange linkage!!!!!

I looked into doing mine and decided against it

I would recommend a company in somerset to rebuild the drivetrain, (gearbox and diff), they are VW/AUDI specialist box rebuilders. They are called Gear Change in Bridgewater.

They did my box and they are very good. Comes with a 12 month/12000 mile warranty aswell.

Hope this helps m8

**s2driveruk** · 31 July 2003, 06:30

Yeah, I was gonna suggest that same company for the box as i have heard good things about them in th past and the advertise monthly in Audi Driver mag.

Tom, just out of interest, what did they charge for the box rebuild?

Cheers,

David

**S2central.net** · 31 July 2003, 07:19

I do have a brand new front wishbone you can borrow if need be. Got it on eBay ages back on the cheap. Don't have a spare strut or hub carrier though...

Paul

**MikQuattro** · 31 July 2003, 11:53

Martyn, as my car is in the garage torn apart, you're welcome to borrow whatever you want from it...

**Martynf** · 31 July 2003, 21:17

Tom, thank you for that info mate!! that is priceless! you;ve earned you're grandad status!! thanks Mate!!

Mik, you're a diamond!! I'll see how this pans out and let you know thanks!!! cheers Paul :-)) don't you love this sort of friendship :-)

Martyn

**audiman** · 1 August 2003, 17:56

Bear in mind this is trade prices, i paid about Â£550+VAT!! Fitting was free cos i did it. Expect to be charged for about 5-6 hours work. Its an easy enough job to do, so any GOOD garage can do it, nothing complex just a lot of unbolting/bolting up.

Gearchange will actually remove and refit the box aswell. Warranty is great, i work about 20-25 miles from them and they picked the car up from work when the driveshaft oil seals started to leak within the warranty priod. No quibble, just picked it up and left me with another car, brought it back the next day!!!! Cant say fairer than that.

**Martynf** · 1 August 2003, 20:34

That's a real nice touch Tom, really nice to hear that kind of service still exists. That does it, I'm moving to the West country, where men are men and sheep are scared.

**Mikes2** · 3 August 2003, 00:52

Martyn,

The transmission tunnel on an RR ur-q is too narrow for a six speed box from an S2 - you would need to widen it. I've heard of an S4tt six speed box being shoehorned in.

Gear ratios are available from the autocar articles on my site

**audiman** · 3 August 2003, 10:20

Are you sure about that? I had been told that the UR's was wider so it could take the stronger box. The S2 got the narrow trans. tunnel, so in turn it got the non turbo, slimmer gearbox?

But then again you may well be right

**Graham** · 3 August 2003, 11:16

A local company close too me reconditions S2 gearboxes for 650 quid, for that you get new syncro's, bearings and a general clean up

URQ info and S2 request

URQ info and S2 request

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