I think you can change the ring and pinion at considerable cost, which would
sure help in the case of vanagons with more than stock power.
And I sure wish I had time to search for the 'right' porsche 911 automatic.
That could possibly be really nice.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pedro dos santos
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 4:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?

Hi Volks!

I was looking into upgrading my vanagon automatic
transmission. By the way I love the vanagon automatic,
it's a vacation vehicle is't it?

I looked in the rare option of ugrading it with a 3rd
bigger gear to lower the RPMs for my future diesel
engine conversion, but apparently that gear is NLA (No
longer Available).

I searched in the web if this was already done and did
not find any info, but does an automatic transmission
from a porsche 911 transmission fit in the vanagon?
just a though... Or any other manufacturer?

Pedro

1991 vanagon + westfalia conversion
1989 syncro "rustbucket"