A lesson to be learned and told, to all you meat heads that think your pushing 150 HP's out of your Vanagon engines. If so, you would be going thru trans. like this... PS> this is also a good lesson in engine swaps! Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Sounds like a V-6 conversion needs a much beefier transmission. Is the > Porsche box even up to the load of a heavy Vanagon and this much torque? > > Sudhir Desai wrote: > > > > i'm seriously thinking about selling my vanagon because i don't have the > > patience for it anymore... the trans is toast(the 4th one i've gone > > through), i was going to swap in a 5-speed from a porsche, but i have no > > time.. oh yeah, the 5-speed is sitting in my garage. > > > > Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6 > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Manager, Case Program > 800-909-8244 ext 208 > > Getting your share of the Net yet? > http://www.cobaltgroup.com > http://www.casedealer.com/demo > http://www.caseihdealer.com/demo > |
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