Gearbox

I assume this will be the same as a standard petrol or diesel box ratio wise. If it is it wont be worth doing imo without changing the gearbox ratio's, the tdi engines end up reving to high to maintane good speed with a standard 4.57 ratio. The 4.57 is the highest standard ratio you can get in a manual box. Would'nt like to hazard a guess at what the costs maybe involved for converting an autobox, assuming it had a 4.57 final drive or equivielent to start with.

have seen it done and been told it worked ok but it was using an adapter to mount the engine at 50 deg the guy was selling the parts for the conversion bellhousing and crank adapter for about 500 euro but i dont know if the box was running standard final ratio.