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Subject:Re: W-8 conversion--
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:12:57 +1200

>So, would I want a diesel tranny or an air-cooled tranny for that one? My
>guess is that if you had decent tires on it and you popped the clutch in
>first gear, you would have one or both of the following results:
>1) Absolutely no wheelspin, a clutch heated to 2000 degrees, and a fire.
>2) A cataclysmic explosion of the transmission, throwing shrapnel into
>neighboring states.

No rear-engine VW trans will handle this engine.

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