There is a 99 audi A4 2.8 quattro for sale for $8000, how ever my dad is good friends with the seller, and would sell it to us for 3.5K
the only thing is it’s an auto, and i REALLY want a manual, so is there any way to swap an auto trans for a manual trans for under $4000, because thats how much i would save.
Not unless you have a wrecked donor car for parts, and do the labor yourself.
Well .. as a great man once said … “Nothing is Impossible” .. If you can dream it … you can do it …
Keeping the money (3k-9k) ,,, time(2-6weeks) …and the mechanic aside… … It can be done.
Transmissions go for .. $1500-$4500 depending on condition, and where you buy it… plus the labour, which will be additional $1500-$4500, again depending on the kind of shop,
Now the only thing is that … do you really wanna spend 3.5K on car you are getting for 3.5K in the first place .. ?
Since I don’t wanna sound like a 60 year old man … i wouldn’t tell wether to do it or not .. ..
instead .,.. ask yourself this .. Will the 3.5k , you spend on the transmission, be worth the hastle .. when you can go ahead and get a manual anyways .. ??
P.S. A4s also have triptronic .. which is not the same .. but almost.
It can be done but it is a lot of work, a lot of parts, a lot of homemade engineering, and a lot of money. I only know of 1 that didn’t have some sort of problem, noise, or consistent failure after it was done. If you must have a manual transmission buy one that way.