915 installed + cup-strebe pics

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Sandeep

Nice install Wally. I see that at the shock attachment points there only seems to be a single layer of metal that it looks like you 'notched' to fit the down-tube tab. On my 74 standard, I have 2 formed layers of metal, so I could not install the tabs like you did.

Nice to see a pic of a 915 installed in a beetle. Have you completed your shift linkage yet ? What shifter are you using ? How did you align the shift rod to gearbox input shaft ? I have my own ideas but would like to hear your solutions to compare as I am in the middle of my 901 install.

Great work !

Sandeep

Thanks Sandeep; yes, I think you have seen that very well I tried to retain as much original metal in that area as possible as it is part of the rear bumper bracket stability imo.

My big surprise was that I was able to have the 915 in there without the trans needing more room towards the rear than stock The pic doesn't even do it justice in that picture as it is not even taken at exactly a 90 degree angle. It took me a while with all clearencing of the torsion tube (not the tube itself, but the mounting plate of the original trans mostly!) tho, but worth it imo.

Shift linkage is complete. I ended up using the original 03 shift rod, but modified front and rear to accept the 915 couplings. I also used a stock 915 shifter and its very nice aluminium housing, which is a really nice piece of work in stock form. I do have an original 915 short-shift kit for it (was not obtainable anymore in Europe, but Pelican still had a few sets ), but want to wait first how it works in 'stock' form.
The Saco kit is partly installed. I have the arm on the trans now rotated 90 degrees and shortenend (was a big step for me). Remmele does it like this also I have seen in pics, but I have a different slave cylinder, so can't copy it in full. I need to fixate the slave cylinder to the (now tightenend) tranny frame horn at one side, which I would rather not do, but need to if I want to use the Saco slave cylinder (it pushes instead of pulls as most slave cylinders do) and I want that since all couplings match now very nicely. One of them being the 'steel' 3/8" brake line I'am using as a hydraulic line.

I have the type4 to 915 flywheel and clutch mounted on a dummy short block T4 engine, so if the clutch releases nicely (or not) one of these days I will report it here to you of course!

Thanks,
Walter