

| Subject: | Re: Is there such a thing as a good used transmission? |
| From: | Chris S |
| Date: | Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:58:03 -0400 |
Has anyone flipped an Audi transmission to make it work in the Vanagon? There was some chatter about that "project" but I don't know if anyone took it on. The late 80's Audi transmissions are very durable. 2008/10/22 Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>: > "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> said: > >> These days.............since almost all you find are 20 + years old, or >> very high mileage, like over 200,000.......... >> finding an actual good used one is less likely these days than it was. > > I seem to recall that the Bostig people were looking at swapping in an > entire Focus powertrain (Zetec and tranny) not sure whether that was > ever carried into a working prototype or farther.... Since the Zetec is > transverse in the Focus I'm not sure how it would fit but... > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > -- Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
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