Bus or Truck transmissions for a 1972 1600 dune buggy

[Greg336]

I have been hearing some people talking about changing there transaxle vw transmission to something called either a Bus or Truck Transmission. What are they talking about? I guess its used mostly in off road applications. I hear they are a lot stronger.

Thank for any info.

Greg336

[borninabus]

they are taliking about the transmission out of VW bus or truck.

assuming you have IRS, you want a trans out of a 68+ bus, of which there are 3 or 4 variations with different gearing.
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[mcmscott]

002 transmissions started in 68, typically they had a 5.38 ring and pinion. This ratio works better for off road on the cheap. The latest 002's had 4.86 r/p, known as a pyramid box. After that it was a 091, mostly having a 4.57 r/p with a larger diff.
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[Greg336]

I'm not much in the way of a mechinic so what does IRS stand for?

[Greg336]

By the way this is what my buggy looks like.

[Dougy Dee]

Why do you think you need a bus trans?

[Dale M.]

You don't need anything but what you have..... Type 1 transaxle is good enough for "street rod" (kit car)... About all I see is you need to reset rear torsion bars for more preload to raise rear of buggy a bit..... Bigger tires on rear would make it look better also...

Dale
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[mark tucker]

I read slowely..... nice buggy, just needs std bug trans. and a big motor and big rear tires too.