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[spannernut]

i bought a 78 924 last night n/a ,didn't really look at it before purchase,but had a quick scout around it last night,and to my surprise there's a dog leg box in it.
can any one explain that ? as far as i am aware only the turbos got those boxes, i wonder if a previous owner changed it.

[nickthompson]

78 came with a four speed. The dogleg was in the 79. Someone could have swapped it in.

[McGyver]

79 cars was in most cases made in 78... but for sure you have to check VIN in car to know what is correct year (if someone didn't change it already). If your dogleg is still in good condition (no griding when changing gears between 1-2-3) than better change oil firs for some good modern one. One thing to remember... don't shift too fast If you shift slowly that gearbox can be good almost forever They don't like fast shifting ... maybe sometimes
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[spannernut]

Thanks for the replies,upon further research of google the N/A of 78 was fitted with a dog leg,and on closer inspection of the under carriage it definately hasn't been modified,it looks to be original factory spec,i wonder why they went that route with some of the earlier N/A 924 ?

http://garage.ideola.com/downloads/G31-Trans-Updated-20100207.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,0,800

[ideola]

Despite what that report says, I am fairly certain that the only MODEL YEAR of the normally aspirated car that got the snailshell was 1979. It is most likely that the manufacture date of the car you have was in 1978, but the model year is actually 1979. The best way to tell is to check the VIN using our VIN decoder, as McGyver suggested.

The snailshell in the NA cars (aka 016Y/016Z) isn't the same as the one in the turbo cars (aka G31). The highlights are: smaller input shaft, smaller driveshaft in the torque tube, replaceable first and reverse with a different shaft arrangement (G31 has non-replaceable gears on the 1st/rev gear shaft, and it is oriented differently to the input shaft). Also, the gearing would be different in the NA snailshell, and also different between the US and Euro versions, as Pete's article documents.
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erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made

[spannernut]

[scm924s]

The 5 speed box was a cost option on the 1978 MY cars (available from September 1977), so your car is correct.
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1984 n/a Ruby Red Metallic
1988 924S Guards red- sold
1986 924S Guards Red - sold
1984 n/a Black - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#1 - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#2- sold
1977 Martini - sold

[ideola]

[spannernut]

[scm924s]

I don't think it lasted long, the Audi based 5 speed came in for the '80MY.
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1984 n/a Ruby Red Metallic
1988 924S Guards red- sold
1986 924S Guards Red - sold
1984 n/a Black - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#1 - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#2- sold
1977 Martini - sold

[spannernut]

some pics

[emoore924]

[scm924s]

Can't claim that sort of background knowledge, my information is drawn from two of the respected source books on the 924, both have the same comments on the introduction of the 5 speed boxes.
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1984 n/a Ruby Red Metallic
1988 924S Guards red- sold
1986 924S Guards Red - sold
1984 n/a Black - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#1 - sold
1980 n/a Le Mans#2- sold
1977 Martini - sold

[ThomasJoseph315]

OMG,.. I am sooo happy I got mine in SoCal Rust free is the way to be!

[spannernut]