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Wildthings
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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Just going by the title of the thread (Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay?) Early bay being 1968 to 1971. |
The thread was restarted with this post:
"Just for clarification, though I read this whole thread and still need someone to give it the okay... I can swap a 091 mated to a 2.0 into a 74 bus without modifying anything other than shortening this shift rod 10mm forward."
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sodbuster
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| sodbuster wrote: |
Just going by the title of the thread (Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay?) Early bay being 1968 to 1971. |
The thread was restarted with this post:
"Just for clarification, though I read this whole thread and still need someone to give it the okay... I can swap a 091 mated to a 2.0 into a 74 bus without modifying anything other than shortening this shift rod 10mm forward."
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NoBudgetVWGarage
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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I put an 091 with 2.0L in my 72 bus.. never did anything but put it in. Worked fine
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goosebus
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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My bus has the 091 transmission mated to an 1800. Like others have mentioned, it's main downfall is the need to downshift to 3rd on any incline, even small hills. I also need to push pretty hard in 2nd to not have 3rd gear bogging down when I go to shift. Flat highway driving is great though, it will cruise at 110 with hardly any effort. All things considered, I would prefer to have the 3 rib (or 5 rib?) that originally came with the 1800.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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| goosebus wrote: |
| My bus has the 091 transmission mated to an 1800. Like others have mentioned, it's main downfall is the need to downshift to 3rd on any incline, even small hills. I also need to push pretty hard in 2nd to not have 3rd gear bogging down when I go to shift. Flat highway driving is great though, it will cruise at 110 with hardly any effort. All things considered, I would prefer to have the 3 rib (or 5 rib?) that originally came with the 1800. |
I had that combo with nothing more than a slightly more aggressive cam (Web 142 clone) and a progressive carb and it ran very well, lasted me for 250 miles (400 kilometers). I drove tens of thousands of miles at 75 mph (120 KPH) to keep up with the flow when on the interstates.
Make sure you have your timing set at 28-30° BTDC @3800+ rpms, hoses off and plugged. |
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nickchambers
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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| I've put 40,000 hard mi on my 71 early bay, single carb 1776 with the stout O91. Definitely a nice combo. very pleased with modest hwy rpm reduction, runs cool year round |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| goosebus wrote: |
| My bus has the 091 transmission mated to an 1800. Like others have mentioned, it's main downfall is the need to downshift to 3rd on any incline, even small hills. I also need to push pretty hard in 2nd to not have 3rd gear bogging down when I go to shift. Flat highway driving is great though, it will cruise at 110 with hardly any effort. All things considered, I would prefer to have the 3 rib (or 5 rib?) that originally came with the 1800. |
I had that combo with nothing more than a slightly more aggressive cam (Web 142 clone) and a progressive carb and it ran very well, lasted me for 250 miles (400 kilometers). I drove tens of thousands of miles at 75 mph (120 KPH) to keep up with the flow when on the interstates.
Make sure you have your timing set at 28-30° BTDC @3800+ rpms, hoses off and plugged. |
Make that 250,000 miles or 400,000 kilometers |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Who's installed an 091 Transmission in an early Bay? |
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| Some Japanese car must use boots that are interchangeable with a bus. |
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