Porsche G87.21 cable shift mechanism on Audi 02A gearboxes

[Alexander M]

Can the cable shifter of the Porsche G87.21 be mounted on Audi 02A gearboxes? What about 01E gearboxes?

Here the 02A. Has anyone done that?

The housings seem to be a little different and the Audi housing may not have the mounting points for this cable shifter. The Audi versions are shifted with a lever. I wonder if anyone has done that conversion?

Somebody tried this here - but no mention if it was successful.

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Here my post on the 01E and the 02A versions of the turbo Diesels:

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Post in thread 'Audi 2.7TDI transaxle'

Dec 27, 2024

I have gathered some more information here.

The 2WD 01E gearbox codes with the tall Diesel ratios are (as was posted here before):

01E DQS (01-02)
01E ELQ (01-02)
01E FRF (02)
Gearbox ratios (DQS/ELQ/FRF all the same)
Final 31:8 = 3.875
1st: 28:8 = 3.5
2nd: 34:18 = 1.889
3rd: 32:26 = 1.231
4th: 27:31 = 0.871
5th: 26:39 = 0.667
6th: 23:41 = 0.561
Rev: 38:11 = 3.455

These have the cast iron center housing:

The successor to this gearbox is the 0A2. The gearbox codes for 2WD are:

0A2 FZJ (04-04)
0A2 HMC (04-05)...

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[Sebastian]

Alex, great post and great idea! I am using the 0A2 in my GT40 build as well and was starting to engineer the shift mechanism. There are a couple of mechanisms existing but none of them got my liking so far.

This one fits the bill as it is light and simple, just as I intended it.

What shifter are you planning to use? Cables all the way or half rod and half cable?

Sebastian

 

[Alexander M]

I would use the Porsche Boxter shifting mechanism (same for 996, year around 2000). I already have that here. Should only need a couple of additional brackets to make this work.

 

[Alexander M]

Cannot find the Porsche part numbers. What website do I use best?

Also found this one here:

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Thread 'Those with LHD and the Audi 01E...'

Apr 18, 2013

What gear shift mechanism are you using? What donor car did it come from and how did you end up routing everything to get it to shift? Some sort of cable setup?

Thanks!

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