<VV> Vair + VW

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

If you do the ring gear flip thing, it'll run the right way, but transaxle 
durability REALLY suffers. Reversing the engine is a MUCH better way to go. And 
in a VW van, if you reverse the engine, you can then use a Porsche 5 or 6 
speed tranny! 
Or, use a Corvair tranny and do the mods to mount the thing. 



In a message dated 4/19/2005 7:29:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
pat_wieber at yahoo.com writes:
My bus is a '72 Westfalia camper.The reason I wanted to use the VW trans is 
two fold. First, some years ago I spent a good amount of $ on the trans. It's 
been rebuilt with a four spider diff and a tall 4th. Second, I don't happen to 
have a corvair drivetrain around although I do have the 110 and the 
adaptor.Does anyone make a kit to mount the vair drivetrain in a bus or do you have to 
fabricate your own? Would you have to get special driveshafts made (universal 
joints inner and cv's outer)? It seem like a lot less trouble to adapt the 110 
to the VW and fab up a rear mount. The biggest problem seems to be the 
rotation thing.Am I out of luck in that the VW trans can't be used without reversing 
the 110 ? I would like to keep the 110 stock rotation so I can use it as a 
spare for my 180hp should a disaster happen.
Pat Wieber
'65 180 coupe

Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
What year is your bus?
I did this to my '72 and '78 bus, but used the corvair transaxle. Worked
like a charm.