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At 06:40 PM 12/17/04, Russ Wolfe wrote: >You didn't need anything special to install a Corvair engine in a VW, >You just flipped the ring gear to the other side of the pinion shaft. Which is the same thing that's done for a mid-engine setup, right. But I'd heard somewhere that it's not such a great idea to do that with the 'vair engine .. something about running the gears in the transaxle backwards causing premature wear, not sure. It's been a long, *long* time since I've looked at the Corvair<->VW transplant stuff and my memory of most of it is ... hazy at best. :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~