I thought the "official" design limit was 200Nm (150ish ft.lbs) of torque -
could be an urban legend, but this the number I keep on hearing get tossed
around in Germany by the people who install TDIs.  I.e. the TDI is at the
limit of the transmission.  Upgrading the 4th gear to the aftermarket cogs
and installing the ZA shaft oilier is supposed to increase that number by
'quite a bit'.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Calle Fallberg
Sent: July 26, 2004 2:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: FYI : 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???

Hi Guys !

In Sweden we have a gov. car testing institute that collects information
from car manufacturers and use that given info  as guideline when an
engineswap is made ...
These are  the recomendations given by Volkswagen regarding the reliability
on the Vanagon gearboxes :

4-speed
No more than 90 horspowers and 147 Nm -torque

5-speed, auto or Synchro
112 hp / 174 Nm

Regards
Calle