[Dennis Kalma]

OK, next step in the process. G50 6 speed is supposed to be shipped this Thursday, got a good price for a '97 6 speed, 27,000 miles. Now the fun starts.

First step is to get the thing fitted to my engine, move it up to the chassis and confirm that I need to find ~63mm of room somewhere to fit this thing in. According to what I have been hearing, I can take at least 28 mm off of the bell housing, there is ~50mm between the nose of the transmission and the TT, and an option of ~15 mm movement of the engine mount. We shall see.

I am also wondering about which flywheel to use. I gather the G50 uses the same 240 mm clutch as the Turbo w. 930 transmission. I will be using an aftermarket engine management system, so retaining the Motronic reference and speed sensors is not an issue, although within the bell housing is the right place to put the EMS sensors. Figure a Turbo flywheel is somewhere in the works, but then again, does everyone with a G50 use that fancy dual mass flywheel/clutch all the time or does anyone change it out for a "normal" flywheel and clutch?

Anyway, the musing continue....

Dennis