Better have a waterboxer engine with good compression to pull that extra
ring and pinion load.  I-4's should have no trouble if their healthy.
Climbing hills in 4th gear will be noticeably slower.

DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: "Highway Flyer" Vanagon Trans - $1495

> One of my suppliers has three brand new '83-91 (1.9L/2.1L)  4-speed
> transaxles available for sale.  These have a 456 final drive, not 487 as
is
> stock in the US, meaning that your engine will run at slightly lower RPM's
> at highway speeds.  Good highway cruiser trans for people who take long
> trips in their Vanagon, without any significant impact on lower-speed
> driveability. These are genuine Volkswagen (imported from South Africa),
and
> are warranted by the distributor for 6 months/6000 miles.  Price is $1495.
> I'm not going to put them on the website due to limited availability. If
> you're interested, email me directly, or call the below number and ask for
> Dan.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   (215) 234-VWVW
>   www.busdepot.com