Re: [T3] questions from the new type 3 owner

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

My question is... why go though ANY of these mods instead of just beefing up
or adding some additional rear hangers? Like stock ones?

Keith


> Yup, IRS is already there (a 71). Yes, the "mid" mount is like that used
on a
> bug or swing axle type3. These are the forks that I'm talking about, they
> support the trans. I've seen the conversion go both ways (add irs pivots
to a
> swing axle subframe, and hope the pivot arms are aligned, or add the forks
to an
> irs subframe), and adding the forks is the easiest, and you don't change
the
> irs pivot settings (rear end alignment). My plan was to do the fork
conversion
> with the t-3 motor in place, to keep it aligned, then swap in the t-4
motor. I
> don't know if I'll get to it this year or not, as it's beginning to get
> busier here, and at work. :O
>


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~