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Subject:Re: engine swaps (long)
From:Austin
Date:Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:28:39 -0700

At 09:57 PM 4/13/99 -0600, you wrote:

>> << thoughts about the engine swap options >>
>>
>> But you left one out........the corvair flat 6......has anyone ever done
one
>> of these in a vanagon?
>
>Corvair engines are a little hard to come by. They also rotate
>"backwards", so you need to flip the R&P, or reverse the direction of
>rotation of the crank. Maybe you could use an Audi trans???
>Larry
>
Use the Corvair transaxle with adapters to VW inner cv's; rotation
direction is no longer a concern, nor is excessive hp.  BTDT.  (w/ 3.89
gears & posi!)

Austin

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