yeah, you dont want to have a lot of angle in the driveshaft. if you cant get it to sit down in there i would sell off the vw engine and put a benz back in. you can prob get a nice benz deisel for what you can sell a good vw engine.

if you put in a 300na with that fiver i bet you can get over 30. and unless you are driving exclusively on the highway i would go with a 346 rear end.

hell a turbo 617 with the fiver might top 30 too. with the 288 rear end.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.