# The Luxury of AWD - B5 A4 1.8t fun-time. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699 "2009-05-12T19:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/121 "2009-09-24T08:41:49Z")
wow that looks like alot of money and time ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/122 "2009-09-24T08:43:34Z")
Nice welds. Cant wait to see what it runs on 30psi. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/123 "2009-09-24T08:48:09Z")
> [@93dx--hatch](#): > > Nice welds. Cant wait to see what it runs on 30psi. Eh, i’ll probably never run it at the track at 30lbs… next time it runs at the track I’d be going for the gold. And I can’t take credit for the welding, my friend Jason did it all for me. Never coulda happened without 6 evenings of his time. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/124 "2009-09-24T08:51:00Z")
> [@Haenszel](#): > > it’s not bad, the shifting isn’t nearly what everyone was bitching about. Mine’s much better than my rommate’s s4 though. perhaps because I stuck to the 01a shifter stick and just used the rest of the s4 guts for the rest of the shifter. > > Looking for some new ratios though… can use a6 allroad gears, but the 3-4 shift is still slightly a killer. let me know if you know of anything that would be swappable into it. What Porsche used in the 968 Turbo RS’ on the 01E. ![http://www.vsmotor.no/img/produkter/vm608-5.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/4/c43f7aefe858d03985852a3fae9145a9e9a461a4.jpeg) Also the straight/sequential option. ($15k after exchange rate, lol) As per your original question, I believe the parts from the RS2, 968/968TRS, swap in. Here is some more required reading: [http://www.elektro.com/~audi/01E/](http://www.elektro.com/~audi/01E/) I have a couple other pages bookmarked/stored but I’ll have to find them this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/125 "2009-09-24T08:54:40Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > Here is some more required reading: > > [http://www.elektro.com/~audi/01E/](http://www.elektro.com/%7Eaudi/01E/) > > I have a couple other pages bookmarked/stored but I’ll have to find them this evening. yeah i’ve been consulting that the entire time… i think the 1.07 4th will work a little bit better than the 1.03… just that slight bit shorter will help a tad. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/126 "2009-09-24T09:02:45Z")
Nice shop, too. Great build. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/127 "2009-09-24T12:49:02Z")
Totally forgot, have you just been sheering off gears or obliterating ring and pinions as well? ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/128 "2009-09-24T12:53:03Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > Totally forgot, have you just been sheering off gears or obliterating ring and pinions as well? nah, just gears, and that was with 01a’s… i think with my lack of torque this 01e will probably last. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699/129 "2009-09-24T12:54:47Z")
The RWD 01E was what I was setup with on the final bit of the Porsche build before I sold everything off. Had I crushed the R&P on it I was going to goto the 3.4 Final drive to help cure the issue. There is also an iron plate case reinforcement people have used with some success to help the flex issue on the rear of the casing. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-luxury-of-awd-b5-a4-1-8t-fun-time/67699.md?page=6)