Re: Porsche 5-speed

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm.jf.intel.com>]

Do you know what the cost of rebuilding a Porsche tranny is?  Well, I took 
out a $2000 loan for the stock rebuild of my 914 (I can tell you the final 
cost as soon as it's done).  A good stock T3 rebuild is less than $500 
(conservative guess), even less if you remove/install it yourself.

With that, you could do it but you will have **engine cooling problems**, 
will need a KEP adapter to fit the tranny to the engine, if the tranny came 
from a 914 it will need to be cracked open to flop the gears since you'll 
have five different reverse gears and only one forward, special mounting 
brackets will need to be fabricated and welded to your body/frame to 
support the tranny, and you will need to fabricate your own shifter 
mounting and linkage as the tranny is shifted from the side and not the 
nose cone like what we're used to.

Don't do it unless you've got lots of money and don't want to drive it for 
some time.

The wheel bearings may need replacing, possibly the CV joints (if you hear a 
clunking at times).
     Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
     Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: Porshe 5-speed
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    10/30/97 10:19 AM

Hello, I was just wondering if I could put a porshe 5-speed behind my
type-3's 1776 dual carb engine without deletorious effects.  I can get a
fairly good deal for the transmission, and my old one is still stocka nd
makes a lot of noise(not bad noise but old noise)  Also, my wheels are
really loud at higher speeds, could new bearings help?

Thanks,  Nathan B.