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Subject:Re: thinking about selling vanagon
From:EMZ
Date:Wed, 1 Dec 1999 23:23:24 -0500

A lesson to be learned and told, to all you meat heads that think
your pushing 150 HP's out of your Vanagon engines. If so, you would be
going thru trans. like this...
   PS> this is also a good lesson in engine swaps!

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Sounds like a V-6 conversion needs a much beefier transmission.  Is the
> Porsche box even up to the load of a heavy Vanagon and this much torque?
>
> Sudhir Desai wrote:
> >
> > i'm seriously thinking about selling my vanagon because i don't have the
> > patience for it anymore...  the trans is toast(the 4th one i've gone
> > through), i was going to swap in a 5-speed from a porsche, but i have no
> > time.. oh yeah, the 5-speed is sitting in my garage.
> >
> > Sudhir H. Desai          1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
>
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