He addresses those problems in the build thread.

He did loose fourth and THEN went to Daryl at AA transaxle for a taller
gear.
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
in statu viae

----- Original Message -----
From: "pdooley" <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] 227 Hp Vanagon 4 sale on Samba.

>I didn't have the patience to read the build thread, but 2 problems seem
> evident:
> 1)The intercooler is getting no airflow
> 2)The transmission won't live long.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Ken Lewis
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 227 Hp Vanagon 4 sale on Samba.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=778597
>
> Maybe someone can save this poor, brutalized Vanagon and restore it to
> it's
> 95 Hp glory.
>
> Someone has truly lost his way.
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> in statu viae
>