Like A Glove

I picked up all the bell housing bolts. The ones from ECS even came earlier than expected (facepalm). I went through all the bolts and measured them so I knew what was what. Nothing like Genuine parts.


Speaking of Genuine parts, I decided to treat the new motor with some nice genuine Porsche oil and coolant caps. Totally worth it. It's the little things.

New coolant reservoir to replace the old grey one.



Got the flywheel all torqued down after double checking that it can only go on one way. Some of the eight holes have a slightly different spacing, so they only line up perfectly in one orientation. This is for the engine speed/crank position sensor that makes it run. Note the wrench trick for torquing the suckers down.

One last good look at that RS4 clutch. Can't wait to see how it feels.

All buttoned and aligned. Love it when the kit comes with the alignment tool. So much easier.

After some cleaning, the old 01A 5 speed looked alright. Greased the pivot ball and shaft, and installed the new throwout bearing.

 After I got the bolts I was able to mate the trans to the engine. Took a bit of finangling, but overall wasn't too bad. And in she went. It was very slow and steady for quite a while putting all of it in. The clearance on either frame rail is maybe just enough to slide your hand in. I was unsure about the "position" of motor mounts (which holes in the mount brackets), but after some trial and error, decided how it had to be, and it actually fit just barely. It probably would have been a little easier to secure the mounts to the engine first, and then drop it all in the car. The bottom nuts are easier to get to, too.

 Next order of business: fit intercoolers, piping, intake, etc.