supposedly the VW 2.0 liter 16v engined cars had stronger transmissions. They also had different clutch splines and larger CV joints but can be easily adapted, as the larger inner joints will fit early rabbit shafts. If I remember correctly.
www.srsvw.com or https://www.techtonicstuning.com/indexs.html are good places to start. Seth Robert Salem wrote: > > It "has been" a good EV summer for my VW pickup(Electrk). Did > well at "Power of DC " 15.856 sec, 80.14 mph and > starting going to Wednesday Grudge Nite Races At National Trails, > best low 16s. Just had installed my new carbon fiber hood and > lost another 20 lb of GVW and was ready for testing. As a John > Wayland follower (kostov and 240 volts of hawkers ) I am finding > out how hard it is to keep it all together. Last year it was > clutch, motor and a little controller tweaking. Throw in a couple > of cvt joints and then this Wednesday nite. Had warmed up the > batteries with test runs ,changed it up then loaded it up on the > Tow Dolly and of to National Trail with my trusty co pilot Dave > Erb. National Trails is only 35 miles on the other side of town > of town so less than a hour trip. Unloaded, tech, a few hard pass > around the back of the parking lot , back on the charger (PFC-20) > off the 5500 watt generator. The charger just finished up as the > call for time trials came. Off we went to the staging area. This > is a fun place to race because I can run in the import class > which are in the 12s to 18s range. To the chase, well I get > staged in first gear with the two little yellow lights on and the > tree starts to march down. Yellow , Yellow, Yellow, Green and > away I go. Just flooring the go petal, good reaction time (.600) > and then nasty nosies and high reving motor rpms. Dead on the > track about 60 feet off the start line. One dropped transmission, > maybe the final who knows till I pull it a part. ATV tows me off > the track and it is a short night at the track. > So I am looking for a new(used) transmission for a > Rabbit. What should I be looking for ? Otmar and Bill Dube are > vw racers , any ideas what to go with ?? > > Robert Salem 81 VW pickup 240v, Kostov, DCP-1200 > Columbus ,Ohio > > PS Thanks Greg Pokorny for all the hard work and making "Power of > DC" a great race. I got 15 passes down the track. > Also thanks for trying to make a fall Ohio race happen. -- vze3v25q@verizondotnet
