><< and what transmission do you propose to use?  surely not the stock vanagon
> one..a V8 will turn the vanagon tranny into a case full of tiny metal bits in
> no time....

>If he is insane enough to really do this, the G50 transmission should be able
>to take the punishment. That's if there is room in the back. Based on his
>email, I think he wants to put it in the back seat. That's going to present
>some interesting challenges.

Terminal ones. I am told the Getrag G50, unlike VW and Porsche 915 trans,
cannot have its diff reversed and so cannot be used for midengined or
front-engined applications.

The 915 trans might hack the engine output, but won't take abuse.

Andrew Grebneff
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