I'm suprized that the list has not found a complete front drive motor and trans. setup that will fit, connection at the axles? It seams to me that a large buick, drive train or maybe something of that size would be the way to go.....?
Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, David Marshall wrote: > While I was taking the transmission out of the Audi Fox Wagon that I am > dismatling I noticed that a lot of the parts are quite simular to my > Vanagon's. > > - Both are longatute mounting > - Hydrolic clutch > - CV joints to give power to the driving wheels > > Whould it be possible to use an Audi transmission in a Vanagon? I know the > wasserboxer engine will not bolt up to it, but let's say we use an Audi > cylinder engine instead. Besides playing around with some CV joint sizes > and axle lengths and most likely the shift linkage do you think it would be > possible? To further extend this scenario out, how about a quattro drive > train? > > Beside the obvious "This will work fine if you like to drive in reverse all > the time" responce. What do you think? About the reverse thing... how > about turning the transmission over 180deg so it is going in "reverse"! > > What would you call it? Audiagon... Vanaudiagon... > > > > > -- David Marshall Email: david@volkswagen.org -- > -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- > -- 85 VW Cabrio, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab Transporter -- > -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- > -- VW Caddy Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org/caddy -- > -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDIGN EMAIL -- > |
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