anyone familiar with the Option 6 setup?

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

> Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> 
> Could someone enlighten me on the specifics?
> 
> How much length is welded onto the tranny case? The few pix I've seen
> have it protruding into the wheel well.
> 
> How much would the shift linkage have to be modified? What mod's need
> to be performed?
> 
> Is the 6th put on the pinion shaft or the main shaft (pinion shaft,
> right)? How is that shaft lengthened to accommodate the 6th (typically
> a 0.71 5th, right)? Or is it swapped from some other car?
> 
> My brain is feeling curious today....Ron - would this be a way to
> supplement your income?  ;)
> 
> Go Giants! JT



I didn't know they welded on the case, I thought it was a bolt on like
the current 4th to 5th that VW did, just longer.

TBerk