Mick058 Custom Title Time!
1,580 posts · joined Jan 2008 ·
can you use them? or are they gutless anyways?
944 gearbox???
Camo Custom Title Time!
1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·
Mick,
I believe 944 were a front mounted engine with normal gearbox, not trans axle in the rear.
Sorry, Kev
I believe 944 were a front mounted engine with normal gearbox, not trans axle in the rear.
Sorry, Kev
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Mick058 Custom Title Time!
1,580 posts · joined Jan 2008 ·
ha! yeh, i know that - sorry - not thinking - flat chat and someone was selling one - didn't think.
i know they were generally gutless too. Didn't mind the shape though. I thought 944, trailing arms, brakes etc - gbox - 👎
i know they were generally gutless too. Didn't mind the shape though. I thought 944, trailing arms, brakes etc - gbox - 👎
Sides Veteran Volks Folk
2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·
Yeah, 944 were front engined all right but had the transaxle in the back with a torque tube between them, CV and drive shafts going out to what was basically VW Type 1 IRS suspension.
As to fitting one in a bug, well I'm pretty sure they're mounted round the opposite way, like what you have with a mid-engined setup.
There are some decent pics of one here http://www.weissach.net/for-sale/944-transaxle.html
As to fitting one in a bug, well I'm pretty sure they're mounted round the opposite way, like what you have with a mid-engined setup.
There are some decent pics of one here http://www.weissach.net/for-sale/944-transaxle.html
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Sides Veteran Volks Folk
2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·
Ooo - also found a pic of the engine, torque tube, transaxle setup without the body on....
http://www.reckert.net/cms/images/tranaxle.gif
http://www.reckert.net/cms/images/tranaxle.gif
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