I've been monitoring his progress with skeptical intrigue, but I think he's
nailed down the engine design challenges.  I agree that the transmission,
and especially the ring and pinion are going to be his next and possibly
unresolvable challenge.

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Pat <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> Wow.
> These guys have some serious design challenges.
> From what I read so far, they seem to be overcoming them.
> The trans probably won't like be run backwards though.
> And the cam profiles running reversed might not be so good.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil n
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:25 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: VW 1.8T .... Running Backwards!
>
> I gather this might open up another transmission option (and engine of
> course), for the Vanagon
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=551286
>
> video of a test run, engine on stands:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqtzx_rxmU
>
> Pretty cool. He ran it for 1.5 hours IIRC.
>
>
> Neil.
>

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Casey