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> Reinventing the wheel, Thoughts on adapting a VW transaxle
Carlitos Way
post Sep 29 2005, 07:57 AM
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Well, I made the mistake of picking up at HotVW's magazine this week. I was impressed to see how much power and options the VW crew has when it comes to engines and even trannies.

S6 then I got to thinking. How much different is the VW transaxle to the 901/914 transaxle? Has anyone done it? What are the pros and cons?

Thanks for your input.

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post Sep 29 2005, 08:09 AM
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emm well,

cons:
- they're 4 speed (5 speed kits are available)
- you have to flip the dif
- you have to addapt shift linkage, they're "tailshifters"
- special hi torque boxes are still expensive

pro's
- can't really think of any, well not for putting them into a teener

it's probably a lot cheaper and easier to stick with the standard 901 box and do some upgrades on it.

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Carlitos Way   Reinventing the wheel   Sep 29 2005, 07:57 AM
Jacco   emm well, cons: - they're 4 speed (5 speed ki...   Sep 29 2005, 08:09 AM
Aaron Cox     Sep 29 2005, 09:58 AM
Brian Mifsud   Mendeola decided the stock VW Transaxles weren...   Sep 29 2005, 10:05 AM
Aaron Cox   starting at a cool 5g's http://www.transworks...   Sep 29 2005, 10:12 AM
pete-stevers   don't show me a picture like that without deta...   Sep 29 2005, 11:39 AM
Jacco   now that's one sexy box http:/...   Sep 29 2005, 04:00 PM
Jake Raby   You're going backward.. Many VW owners use the...   Sep 29 2005, 04:11 PM
redshift   Ewwww! It has VW gears!
 

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