Well after months and months of arguments trying to convince Audi that the issues I had were coming from the gearbox, they finally came to a decision to part fund a new one with myself. I got the car back yesterday and all I can say is wow, the car feels a hell of a lot better for it in more ways than I thought it would. I also opted for a new flywheel to be fitted having spoken with JayRS3 after reading some threads.
Some of you may remember I started a thread asking whether or not an 8V box would fit on an 8P, as I was trying to keep my options open should discussions with Audi fail. But I would like to know how I can find the model number of the replacement gearbox.
The reason I ask is having had my RS3 almost 2 years now, I know how it drives in all situations and now that the box has been changed it feels entirely different. Gear changes seem to be much quicker, they seem a hell of a lot smoother and the gears it chooses to drive with are quite different with regards to pedal position. Most notably there is no holding onto second gear anymore. There is no clunk as you slow down to a stop as the car goes into first gear and there is a distinct lack of a dsg 'fart' or 'pop' when upshifting which was almost always present before.
When I had a Golf R as a courtesy car a few month prior, the one thing I thought much better than my RS3 was that its gearbox and its mapping, it reacted much like this new box. Having looked into the engine bay, there is now no breather pipe for the gearbox like there was before, the oil cooler seems to be bigger or in a different orientation and I am pretty sure the oil filter is in a different location? unfortunately I don't have any photos of it all in place beforehand hence I would like to know how I can find out its part number.
Thanks