Brunty's Dad 10 Posted March 18, 2014 It seems that the gearbox bell housing is common to many VW marques. Is it possible to fit a 6 speed box to the VR6 without too much hassle. Just a thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted March 18, 2014 I believe you can fit a 6 speed 02S gearbox innards into the stock 02A housing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brunty's Dad 10 Posted March 18, 2014 Too technical for me. Is there not a simple bolt on solution? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted March 18, 2014 Have a look into a Gemini box. They are not cheap or easy to find though. The other option is to fit a 02M box but you will need to change the flywheel, clutch, thermostat housing and get a mount adapter and custom driveshafts made up. You will then have a 6 speed box that is stronger for boost etc but ultimately, the difference between the stock 5 speed and the 02M 6 speed ratios in their respective top gear is very little. By going to the lengths of fitting a 02M box, you don't end up with a much longer top gear. Only a few hundred RPM at most and not worth the hassle. Why are you after a 6 speed box? If you are looking at fuel saving, then look at having a diesel 5 gear from a mk3 golf TDI fitted in place of the stock 5th speed. The bell housings between 4 and 6 cylinder engines is different so you can't simply fit a diesel box in place. Whether you can get a diesel mk3 box and fit the bell housing from the vr6 box to that instead, or not, I don't know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted March 18, 2014 Either you can do that or get this kit (so long as you are going to do 56000 miles in the car before you want to reap the rewards!) http://www.eurotuning.cz/images/file/conversion_kit.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
