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Roadkill had an episode with a Jericho clutchless 4 speed installed in a project. They got a kick out of it. I never searched for it too hard but I see their transmissions out there for 3 grand or so. Maybe can find one on eBay or racing junk’s for sale site. Sequential shift sounds fun until you realize the “cheap” end of it is 28K. I say cheap because I’ve seen them going for over 50 grand by some suppliers!
I've thought about this as well for my '93A4. I have 3.73s & rebuilt 700r4 with shift kit. I like to manually shift it, & I chose to keep a converter with factory stall because it feels more "connected" when driving on backroads & it also barks tires on upshifts even at low speed.
What I've thought about is a ratchet shifter like a B&M. I've seen a couple of C4s with this, it takes some interior modding but it looks really nice with the **** up close to the steering wheel, like a racecar. I think this, with a nice built 700, shift kit, & nice shifter might give you the control & engagement you want when driving without going nuts on a Jericho or whatever.
You can also do manual valve body on the auto but I've heard not so good things about them when used in a street-driven daily or semi-daily car. You can get decent manual control with a shift kit.
I had no clue what to expect as far as cost but I was shocked to find a price tag that high. I guess "if you have to ask...." applies here. I like the idea of looking for used on racing junk. For now I'll continue shift my A4 "manually" when i want to get a little "bark" out of the tires.
Last edited by PoprocksC4; Jul 9, 2019 at 09:21 AM.
I've looked into it in the past, it has been done a few times on here. It was always too custom, nothing really off-the-shelf, and prohibitively expensive to me.
I've thought about this as well for my '93A4. I have 3.73s & rebuilt 700r4 with shift kit. I like to manually shift it, & I chose to keep a converter with factory stall because it feels more "connected" when driving on backroads & it also barks tires on upshifts even at low speed.
What I've thought about is a ratchet shifter like a B&M. I've seen a couple of C4s with this, it takes some interior modding but it looks really nice with the **** up close to the steering wheel, like a racecar. I think this, with a nice built 700, shift kit, & nice shifter might give you the control & engagement you want when driving without going nuts on a Jericho or whatever.
You can also do manual valve body on the auto but I've heard not so good things about them when used in a street-driven daily or semi-daily car. You can get decent manual control with a shift kit.
I am in the process of fitting a 4 speed Hurst his and hers shifter into the console of my 1987 C4. It will be the first one that I have ever seen done. It has actually been pretty easy so far.
Its just like the garbage GM used with the 2006 Corvette A6 Trans. It will still shift slow.
A shift kit and a trans tune and it will shift much faster.
Paddle shifters can be programmed to control the 2 shift solenoids very quickly for upshift/downshift.
A shift kit and a trans tune and it will shift much faster.
Paddle shifters can be programmed to control the 2 shift solenoids very quickly for upshift/downshift.
