914 tranny in a bug, food for thought Options

[scotty b]

I've been moving some of my sh.....er um parts cars around and scrapping some shi...uh rare race parts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) lately and got to wondering if anyone has ever taken a 914 tranny flipped the R&P and installed it in a VW?? 5 speed gearbox that could handle a little more power (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Mounting wouldn't be too much of an issue, fab a cross bar for the front to mount to the VW frame horns and a cradle for the rear to mount to the stock location. Just a crazy idea that I haven't seen done, so I figure there is either a good reason or I just haven't run across one yet........ talk amongst yerselves (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chatsmiley.gif) Me go beddy bye, to many Killians make ums tired (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/yellowsleep[1].gif)

[JWest]

I did it in a bug using a 912 four-speed and then used 914 trans internals to convert it to 5 speed. This was back in 1985. I made a custom front mount and hammered the tunnel up a bit so the shift rod could enter low in the tunnel. I built a custom shifter based on an aftermarket bug shifter (spring gated in both directions) and modded the VW shift rod with a u-joint.

I used 914 output flanges that mated to the bug CVs after drilling and adding the roll pins in the CVs.

The cluth cable was stock VW, just run down instead of up at the trans and with a modified conduit (I forget what that was, maybe two VW tubes joined together). Stock VW pedals worked fine.

It was a great setup with the mild 1776 I had at the time.