02M Strengthening

[Sam_]

As part of the build, I've been looking at 02M and how strong it is. I found a thread somewhere that linked to a couple of products that help brace the box and it's internals. Apparently vibration is the main issue and this obviously leads to cracks in the casing which in turn leads to fracture and then you can guess the rest. As I'm getting the box rebuilt I wondered if anyone had any tips. The plan is to go for USP shift forks and a Wavetrac diff but would like to keep it in one piece. It's not going to be a 1/4 mile car but it'd be nice to be able to "use" the power.

Here's the two products I'd seen:
02M Getriebe 4.te Gang Abstützung VW Golf 1 2 3 4 Corrado Scirocco VR6 G60 Turbo 1,8T | VR6 Umbau | Golf Caddy Scirocco 1 | Modelle | EPYTEC
VW Audi 02m 6 Gang Getriebe Verstärkung Getriebeverstärkung Blech Golf 1 2 3 4 VR6 R32 S3 | 02M 6-Gang Getriebe | Motor & Getriebetuning | Kategorien | EPYTEC

Quite cheap so probably worth a punt.

 

[Andrew@A.L.D]

this is a better way

VWVortex.com - my R36 bigturbo build..

don't forget the drive shafts as i've twisted mine in the past

And this is a good read

VWVortex.com - The 02M 4Motion transmission upgrade thread.