It's funny, a friend who has a R33 was just saying the other day he wanted a stronger gearbox....and also the auto in his 730 BMW was great. I said he should fit one to the R33 lol.
Or there are those using BMW DCT boxes, or Porsche now. Lots of options for transmission these days, to fir to an R33 would just need a transfer box adapted etc. Well...and all the other fitment issues