At 05:09 PM 7/24/2004, John Rodgers wrote: >The V-6 installation has ben done. I can't remember if it was Ron >Lussier or Sudhir Desai, but one of those two guys did that >installation. The biggest drawback to the V-6 was you had to be really >careful if it was coupled to a manual tranny. One fast getaway at the >light, and no more tranny. Actually, I think it was a pretty good combo, >as long as you were light on the foot and treated the machine decently - >no fast getaways.Apparently those fast getaways really would wipe out >the trannies. > >Regards, > >John Rodgers >88 GL Driver ------------------------- Yeah, the VW tranny probably isn't real comfortable with 250 ft lbs on a regular basis, especially in 1st and 2nd gear.... You probably wanna talk with Daryl at AA, or someone else, about tranny upgrades before playing that game.... Improved engine reliability is NO good if you can't keep a tranny behind it.............. I still wanna know what the GM 4.3 weighs. A metric shitload more than the subie 3.3 I'll guess.... but it's just a guess. Anyone got any real numbers? Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '84 Westy "Yard Furniture" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
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