Muggy's RS6 Refresh 2020

[Muggy]

Ok, so not much progress on the actual wrenching the last couple of weeks...my son bought his first house and decided that he needed a pickup instead of a Lexus. We've been working on his new-to-him 96 Toyota Tacoma v6 5spd 4x4...nice little truck with only 125k on it but needing a little love.

That said, I've decided to bite the bullet and go for the 6 speed swap while everything is out and easy to get to. I've been under the delusion that my tip box would hold up, but the more I think about it, the more likely there were a few hints that it was not too happy. After pricing torque converters and talking to a few about a rebuild, I decided to divert my funds and pick up Jolio's SteveKen conversion kit and just get it done! The car has been laid up since April/May, so it's not like a few more months will kill me. Plus I'll have more time to work on it after we get through the holiday season with my work situation. I did drive Jolio's RS6 when he had it with the same conversion, and even though I didn't ride it hard, I could tell that I would really enjoy it!

Soooo, anyone have a line on a decent 6 speed trans and swap parts....

[C5A603]

Ok, so not much progress on the actual wrenching the last couple of weeks...my son bought his first house and decided that he needed a pickup instead of a Lexus. We've been working on his new-to-him 96 Toyota Tacoma v6 5spd 4x4...nice little truck with only 125k on it but needing a little love.

That said, I've decided to bite the bullet and go for the 6 speed swap while everything is out and easy to get to. I've been under the delusion that my tip box would hold up, but the more I think about it, the more likely there were a few hints that it was not too happy. After pricing torque converters and talking to a few about a rebuild, I decided to divert my funds and pick up Jolio's SteveKen conversion kit and just get it done! The car has been laid up since April/May, so it's not like a few more months will kill me. Plus I'll have more time to work on it after we get through the holiday season with my work situation. I did drive Jolio's RS6 when he had it with the same conversion, and even though I didn't ride it hard, I could tell that I would really enjoy it!

Soooo, anyone have a line on a decent 6 speed trans and swap parts....

I joined just to follow along this thread. It's AudiAR01 (Seth) and the info you were asking about the exhaust housings being the same. They are 100% the exact same housing. The k03 and k04 turbos also use the same exhaust housing for each side. As well as the RS6 turbos. Audi used the same cast for both sides. The k03 exhaust housings match each other, the k04 exhaust housings match each other, and the RS6 Turbo exhaust housings match each other. Lookn forward to watching this unfold. And you swapping the 6spd in....