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Date:         Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:26:51 -0500
Reply-To:     "Sudhir H. Desai" <sudhir@12INCH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Sudhir H. Desai" <sudhir@12INCH.COM>
Subject:      "conventional" transmission for a mid-engine conversion
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i know one of our resident germans has performed a mid-engine swap on his van using the audi longitudinally mounted v6+transaxle (which normally powers the f wheels) and shifting it back to the r wheels as a unit. i am thinking of going the non-german way yet again, and using either ford or chevy components in a mid engine swap. to keep cost down, i would need to use a ford/chevy transmission. my uncertainty is that the output shaft on the transmission will not directly bolt up to the input shaft on a rear diff. or, if i use a "driveshaft" of sorts, it would bind constantly from being at a not-normal angle. the other option in my mind would be to slide the rear end further back, thereby extending the wheelbase of the van, but that brings up another set of problems.. namely sheetmetal fabrication.

anyways, if poeple have comments/suggestions, please reply-all, for flames just pmail me to keep them off the list ;) TIA. ~sudhir


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