Re: tranny manipulation

[scirocco.gtx@juno.com (Mark A Peele)]

Save your self a ton of cash and get a 5th from a junked FF or FN tranny
(.071 usually). I believe you must remove the plate on the driver's side
end of the tranny.

Autotech and others sell these for hundreds of dollars <gasp>

supposedly, you don't even have to remove the tranny.

I plan to do this to the 9A in my Golf GT and to the close ratio that I
put in my '82 Scirocco next year.

Consult with Potterman or Mark @ Adiron for expertise on any tools
necessary.

Mark . . .   (THINK VW)
Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
Scirocco 1978
Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
http://home.t-online.de/home/SCIROCCO2/mark.htm

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:14:32 -0700 the mad bastard <stoopid@idirect.com>
writes:
>does anyone know what's involved with replacing the 5th gear with a
>higher ratio unit?
>
>	i'm currently running a near-dead tranny that has basically 
>the same
>ratios as a 16V (the tranny code is 4...it's apparently froma 91 8V 
>GTI)
>
>	what i'd like to do is keep the existing first 4 gears, but 
>replace the
>last gear with something crazy like a .71 or something like that.  i
>want lots of bottom and lots of top. tho i'll be sacrificing a little 
>of
>the middle, i hope to get my hands on a set of Shrick 260† or 268†,
>which should even the gap a little. (that, and maybe a bit of 
>NOS....but
>i doubt it)
>
>	so, how easy is this?  and also, how expensive is it?  labour 
>aside,
>how much would it cost to purchase the parts necessary, and most
>importantly, what parts are necessary.  thanks
>
>jason
>the mad bastard
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