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5Ks trans
Wolfy-
This sounds kinda interesting, but the page you referenced was talking about using the 5000S transmission in a mid-engine chassis, where the rotation of the engine and trans would be the same as in the front-wheel-drive setup on the Audi. Use of the transmission in a rear-engine setup would require "flipping" the ring and pinion (dune buggy-ese for moving the ring gear to the other side) to change the rotation of the axles so you would not have one speed forward and 5 in reverse.
If the trans case does not allow the R&P to be flipped, then there are reverse rotation cams available, but I have never seen a reverse rotation cooling fan!
This is a very interesting concept, but I don't know if it is anything more than a ghost story as far as it applies to a VW beetle. Still, I'll have to take a look at my own 5000S to see if this could work.
Maybe I'll end up with a camper with no engine and a shiftless Audi- Hey, what about a 5-cylinder sticking out the back of a Bus?
Thanks for the link.
Regards, Mark.
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