I spoke with Detlev, and he says that the engine sticks above the deck by 3cm (or about 1 1/8"). Needless to say, this results in at least 1 1/2" decklid increase and for those with Westies, would neccessitate "cutting out" a piece of your mattress. Hmmm...

Now, perhaps that ain't so bad, but...

MJS

At 12:37 PM 11/4/98 EST, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>oh  -  and those of you with manual transmissions - there is already a kit

>offered to put a Audi 5cyl into a manual trans vanagon..

>either the one from SA or i think Detlev is working on one for a man trans

>that keeps the stock deck height, also..

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

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Open Market, Inc.

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