This is a VW Trike a friend bought for $500. It wasn't running and NOTHING worked. I tore it down and once I go through and rebuild the engine and transaxle will start rebuilding it. The picture shows the body flipped around as I want to convert it to a mid engine. (The red rag in the bag sits on top of the neck which will be removed.) Now for my first question, has anyone made an extension or spacer between the front of the transaxle and rear of the engine? I need to move the engine forward 15" for my idea. Fabricating a spacer from many pieces of tubing isn't a problem, but the "driveshaft" is.
Anyone done or know how this is accomplished? Swiss mid engine trikes appear to use a second transaxle case for the spacer, but no details on extending the tranny shaft to the flywheel. I plan to hit the local machine shops about turning one with external and internal splines.
And to those that say I'll end up with one forward and four revers gears, it has the transaxle with plates on both sides so I can flip the pinion gear over. Not sure why the image rotated 90*...
Anyone done or know how this is accomplished? Swiss mid engine trikes appear to use a second transaxle case for the spacer, but no details on extending the tranny shaft to the flywheel. I plan to hit the local machine shops about turning one with external and internal splines.
And to those that say I'll end up with one forward and four revers gears, it has the transaxle with plates on both sides so I can flip the pinion gear over. Not sure why the image rotated 90*...