Wow Vanagon wet dream

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Currently the most popular swap is TDI actually.  (next to the suby
conversions).

There are 3-4 guys trying to get euro I-5 2.5 TDIs running right now in
their vanagons as well.  I believe those guys are gonna be tearin up
trannies.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1990 Corrado TDI
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)

ian@harlequin.hplx.net said:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Neptuno wrote:
>
>> There was a video of that thing getting dynoed on the tex
>> somewhere....It was phenomenal......I hear that it is on its 3rd or 5th
>> tranny cause all the power that suby engine puts to the ground....
>
> That's the rub right there.
>
> Manual Vanagon transmissions were known for breaking even under the modest
> 95hp that the stock 2.1L engine put out (especially on syncro models, as I
> recall) -- not a good recipe for reliable additional power.
>
> Vanagons are ripe for conversions, though.  Lots of adapter plates
> available, and the diesel transaxles will bolt up to any inline VAG
> engine, making possibilities ripe for all sorts of conversions.  I've
> heard and read of Porsche, Audi I5 (woo!), VW (1.8 and 2.0L), Subaru, and
> even Chevy conversions.
>
> ian Butler / ian@harlequin.hplx.net
> '88 Audi 5000S quattro
> '88 VW Scirocco 16v
> '77 Mercury Marquis (for sale)
>
>