 Vanagon transmission?, is it stronger? Will it work? |
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| Sean_S |
 Oct 30 2004, 02:18 PM
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Mine goes to "11"  Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Coos Bay, OR Member No.: 2,979  |
Hi all,
Here comes my endless stream of mostly rehashed questions. I think I'll start with this one... Aren't T4 engines in both 914's and VW busses, and if so what are the differences between the 914 tran's and the 3 or 6 rib bus/vanagon trannys? Just wondering because I thought some of these would interchange and it seems like a bus tranny would be beefier. Thoughts? Sean |
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| skline |
Oct 30 2004, 02:27 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
The bus tranny might be beefier, but you would have to flip the ring and pinion on it. On a bus the engine is in the back, the 914 it is in the front. I have heard you can use an Audi 5000 tranny but I dont know of anyone that has.
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| Katmanken |
Oct 30 2004, 03:07 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Ugh....
5 speed replaced with 4 speed...... 4000 rpm is 70mph....... On top of that, there is a fatal design flaw where someone impersonated an engineer and put 3 rectangular notches into the gears. Seems there is no radius at the corners of the notches so the stresses are close to infinite at the corners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) This shows up as a gear going away. When you go in there, you find 1/3 of the missing gear laying in the bottom of the tranny and usually one or two of the other notches having a crack. Ask me how I know.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) I never designed crap like that! Musta been the same guy that put rivets in the GTI tranny...... another accident waiting to happen..... Love my Vanagon tho.... Ken |
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