Toasty im not following that. PHL posted the aw3 was hydraulic. is it or isnt it? Are the 12 and 24 valve both the 3.0? Which trans will the 12 valve have?
so a 12 valve 3.0 is hydraulic, ok. what transmission is that though? is it still an aw3?
The Mitsubishi hydraulic controlled transmission is the AW372 / KM148 / AW372L /V4AW2 typically found behind the 3.0l V6 or 2.6L I4 '89 and older for the I4- all about the same except the AW372L has a lock-up torque converter. Its good for about 325hp / Nm torque. Aisin (Aisin Seiki / Aisin Warner) is owned 30% by Toyota.
I may be mistaken, but the larger V4AW3 /AW30-40LE/A340F is difficult to integrate automatic shifting in a non-stock application without a very expensive controller from Australia. Toasty knows more.
So if i find a monty with the 3.0 which one of these trans would it have?
Which 2.0 VW are you looking at? A lot of those are gutless and might be terrible in a Montero, the later Passat engines are making about what the old 4M40 puts out though. Worth looking into.
AW372L aka V4AW2 post 1990, AW372 aka KM148 pre. behind a 12 valve 3.0l