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Hi,
in the Lotus Renault UN1 gearboxes were installed. These trannies stand lots of torque. They were often used for kitcars with huge V8-blocks and they were the ones that could stand them mostly.
The UN1 is a very nice gearbox, but itīs housing is very big (much bigger than a 915) Thereīs yet no bellousing existing for VW-use. Adapterplates were made to fit a T2 bellhousing, but then itīs even 20 mm longer.
If someone is really interested in installing such a gearbox into a Bug, then it means cutting out lots of the floorpan / frame.
I have some good of them here in my workshop and have already thought a lot about installing into Beetle, but havenīt yet had the time to do conversion parts for them.
But, the better option for a Beetle with lots of power is in my opinion the 915 gearbox. It costs about 30-40% more than the Renault, but it fits quite good into the Beetle and already stands upto 350 Nm.
Cheers Martin Bott Bug@5-Speed
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