Information about UVA adaptors & components.

UVA became the largest designer and manufacturer of adaptor kits. Special components which enabled a range of different engines to be connected to alternative transmissions for example, this picture illustrates a race tuned V8 Rover engine connected to a Porsche 911 transaxle. 

The extensive range encompassed Alfa Romeo to VW and Chevrolet to Renault. One of the popular kits was a Mazda rotary engine to a VW transaxle, enabling people to maker their lowly Beetle transform into a 'rocket'.