Ive just been reading the threads so far but now Ill give my 2cents... Im a VW guy I have a very nicely built 92 16valve Gti, about 215hp and very fun to drive. VW trannies are crap!!!!!!! Ive blown 2 recently and now have a custom built race tranny with straight cut gears, vw trannies are rivited together and are 2nd gear bombs waiting to go off... if you get it rebuilt get a bolt kit to replace the rivets itll make it stronger.... as for the G60 tranny... its probably your best bet as it is one of the strongest trannies VW ever built. when you said around $1300 for the G60 tranny was that a fresh rebuild. Im buddies with a lot of performance VW shops and $1200 is for a well rebuilt tranny, like new. if you have a VR6 you can get a VW motorsports tranny for $4000 sequential 6speed with no clutch very fun to drive