Mostlikly! lol
This place in NL makes a bellhousing already for the 1.8t to T9. I sent a few e-mail back and forth and they said I could use the housing they have for the T9 and Mill it down (they cast it an extra 1/4" thick) so we could make an adapter plate to mount a T5 on it.
Right,
Mill 1/4" off the rear The wholes for the Ford type9 box are already drilled and ofcourse the bellhousing is completly milled centrically. Sorry for unclear picture.
BUT I would suggest you make the plate of a minimum thickness of 10 mm or max 1/2" aluminium 6061 T3 or even better 2024T3, as you must countersink some bolts.
I add the picture of the finished productfrom wich you start the milling down. I provide you the bolts to mount the bellhousing to the VAG engine and the starter motor.
So another words I would mill ¼” right off the entire face of the transmission to bell housing surface, then when I make an adapter plate out of ¼” material I am back to normal dimensions transmission to block wise?
Also would the T9 holes and bores already be drilled into the bell housing so I can use them to base my T5 adapter off them concentrically?
From: Tiger Sportscars [mailto:info@tigersportscars.nl]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:30 PM
To: Wood, Michael (OFT)
Subject: RE: Audi 20V 1.8T to T5?
Hi,
I made the rear part of the bellhousing 1/4 inch extra thicker so you can make an adapter plate to it without weakening it.
See attachment for idea’s