Date:         Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:15:57 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: AUDI IN A VANAGON?
Comments: To: Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
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>Andrew, not quite correct.
>
>Jürgen uses the G50, but I use the standard vanagon 5-speed.
>
>But I am working on a solution to use the stock Audi-5-Speed-Tranny. The
>idea is old, but I saw a working version on this year´s Tuning-meeting at
>the Hockenheimring: Put the Audi-tranny upside down! Don´t know how long
>this will last (lubrication etc), but the vanagon at the Meeting had over
>10,000miles on it with this configuration.
>Plus, I have the tranny lying here, so I don´t need to buy one.

Egg on my face!! I should've checked, but I don't think I have it accessible.

I tought of using a Subaru Impreza WRX trans... until I heard how
unreliable they are, and also you can't modify the case to flip the
diff. I thought of an Audi trans too, but the diff killed that. If
you flip the whole trans the engine will be lowered about 150mm!
Better have a thick sump bottom!

I don't imagine lubrication would be a problem if you overfill it; so
long as the gears are picking up oil and slinging it into the
bearings, that should be okay.

Best of luck.
Andrew