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Sounds like a plan, and with your good welding skills Id have that warm and Fuzzy. Ill keep it in mind when Im sitting there trying to figure what I want to go where with the empty engine compartment. The T4 rear hanger has the shock mounts on the engine part, does it also have rubber mounts on the Bus or 914 body section? Keith > My original intention was to put this motor in my 69 with AT, but the AT > doesn't have any mounting provisions on it at all. That leaves using it with an > MT, and I'm not going to put it in my Notch, so that leaves my 71 T-3 Heb > (former Square), since it was equipped for FI and has an MT in it. Remember I'm > going with D-jet on this engine, so that means it's going into a 68 and later car, > of which I have 3, but only 1 of them that has a MT. I had thought about > going with a "kafer brace" for a mid mount, as this would work with an MT, but I'm > not sure if it'll let the engine vibrations transfer into the car. My welding > skills are fine (been doing it for over 20 years), and I know I can do a > wishbone add on successfully, plus I don't have a swing axle sub frame available. > As for the tearing loads on the torsion tube, the swing axle has been like > this for many years. I intend to add the boxing under the torsion tube like a > swing axle uses too, so that should help it some. > > Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof and IRS > 71 Square, Formerly a 2 seat Roadster, now a T-3 Heb, pics can be seen > at; http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2977 now awaiting a 2.0L > t-4 engine transplant > 69 Square AT, daily beater > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >