Yep....several people here have mated the 300D-T engine with a manual tranny.

We did it as follows:

1. dropped a 300D-T engine in a 240 chassis w/ manual tranny
2. put a flywheel in from a 300 euro that we had
3. put the shortened driveshaft in from the same euro chassis
4. changed out the differential to achieve a better ratio

So far we've put about 15k on it and really like it.

Don

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'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
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'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

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