A friend here in norway got a 2000 octavia 1.8turbo frondt wheel drive 150bhp. its buildt to 350-400bhp and over 450nm torque.

We are thonking off putting a Leon 1,8T 180bhp 6speed box in this car.

What exactly more than the box do we ned?. like driveshafts. gear/engine mounts? linkage. or just buy a sequential from sqs?

Does the Leon Use the same Quaife diff as the Octavia 5 speed? as the car already got a queife diff

You need gearbox, flywheel, clutch, engine cover on flywheel/engine interface, driveshafts, and nuts and bolts for quite a few things (a lot of stretch bolts and locking nuts along the drivetrain). Then you need custom airco line supports (2x), clutch tubing support, and I am not sure but you might need 6-spd clutch pipework or heavily bend the existing one.

You can keep original gear lever and the cables - I have done TDI110 from 5spd to 6spd and still keep the 6-th gear as a surprise :-)

It's worth to adapt the speedo with VAG-com, otherwise it's too far off. I only did it after a year - didn't know about it until then.

No idea about quaife on Leon, but if it's non-vrs Octy it does not have quaife or anything advanced for that matter.

sorry but you need to change box/starter motor/drive shafts/selectors/gear knob thingy/clutch/flywheel/clutch pipe complete plus obvious things like fluids nuts and bolts.

speedo won't be out as it has a speed sensor on it

do not adjust the 5 speed clutch pipe to fit the 6 speed as you might wreck something as the 6 speed has a damper inline.

If I was you mate I'd go for a deisel 6 speed 02m IIRC.

iirc the 5 n 6 speed petrols are the same top end.

yeah they are the same top end but the 6 speed is far stronger. diesel is too long i feel, whats the points in having a car geared for 300mph?

Also the connection onto the gearbox for the clutch is different as the six speed has an internal slave cylinder.

Just done such a conversion on bengies car.

whats the silver thing?

is that a standard part?

whats the silver thing?

is that a standard part?

yeah but what is it? is it the damper?

Yes the very damper you were chuffin on about.

Gosh, even I figured that one out Bengie! :P

Is it going to be ready by 7/9/08?

hopefully

now that the bloody turbo has turned up!!

yeah they are the same top end but the 6 speed is far stronger. diesel is too long i feel, whats the points in having a car geared for 300mph?

fair one, it int that bad though is it? thought it was 180mph for the diesel? better on fuel though.....

Is it going to be ready by 7/9/08?

That would take a miracle as i'm booked for all of August....lol

Leaves around 6 days in Sept then?

from that picture it looks more like a custom cnc machined piece rather than a standard factory piece

fair one, it int that bad though is it? thought it was 180mph for the diesel? better on fuel though.....

the 5 speed will hit 180mph, the diesel gearing is far longer.

sorry but you need to change box/starter motor/drive shafts/selectors/gear knob thingy/clutch/flywheel/clutch pipe complete plus obvious things like fluids nuts and bolts.

speedo won't be out as it has a speed sensor on it

do not adjust the 5 speed clutch pipe to fit the 6 speed as you might wreck something as the 6 speed has a damper inline.

Sorry, forgot the starter motor. Gear knob does not make gear change different, and my clutch has been fine for 5 years without the damper, though

:-)

Speedo will be out - speed sensor is one thing, but there is a different number of impulses per km that the 6-speed uses. that's why you need to adapt it in Instrument Cluster

The error on speedo (or was it odometer?) is not large, 3%-5% or so

but it will mATTER WHEN YOU GET A PIC TAKEN lol