Re: Transmission "upgrade" (16V owners in particular)

["Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>]

They are rod linkage units.  Unfortunately from the standpoint of accuracy
and shift throw VW didn't decide to use rod linkage units with the VR6 cars.
The cable shifters are much smoother than the rod linkage shifters, but not
as precise and the shift throws are much longer.  In addition it is a hell
of a lot cheaper to put a short shift kit on a rod linkage tranny, like $50
vs. $200-350.

Aaron
'79 Scirocco S-  Still FOR SALE (in Dallas)
'93 Corrado SLC
- -----Original Message-----
From: Crane, Damien <d3c@TENNANTCO.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: Transmission "upgrade" (16V owners in particular)


>They should be 020 (rod linkage) trannies.
>
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>> From: scirocco.gtx@juno.com[SMTP:scirocco.gtx@juno.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:19 AM
>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Transmission "upgrade" (16V owners in particular)
>>
>> Since these trannies are cable (right?) - I assume you were able to
>> simply swap the linkage from your old tranny to the DFQ.
>>
>> Please advise
>>
>> Mark . . .   (THINK VW) keep the non-VW posts to yourself!
>> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
>> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
>> http://home.t-online.de/home/SCIROCCO2/mark.htm
>> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Bradley Peet" <btpeet@effervescent.com>
>> To: "Scirocco List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Subject: Transmission "upgrade" (16V owners in particular)
>> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:50:33 -0800
>> Message-ID: <000101be03b8$72c743c0$059510d1@obfuscate>
>>
>> My search for a replacement gearbox has taken a new twist.  Tired of
>> shopping around for high mileage 2Y and AGB units, I started looking into
>> late-model A3 5-speed transmissions.
>>
>> Most '93-'95 2.0 liter Jettas (Golfs, too, I suppose) have a tranny the
>> code
>> "CHE" which has slightly different gear ratios than the stock 16V but the
>> same size input shaft.  In my opinion, for 2.0 liter or other high-output
>> applications, the CHE offers at least one distinct advantage: a .805
>> ratio
>> fifth gear.
>>
>> I paid well over $200 for a .805 fifth gear kit a few years ago, which I
>> am
>> very happy with, so a CHE tranny would instantly save the cost of such an
>> upgrade.  The only "drawback" is that 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears have
>> slightly
>> higher ratios than the 2Y/AGB.  This probably won't be a problem if you
>> have
>> a high-output 2.0 liter engine and don't mind the same 3.67 final drive
>> ratio.
>>
>> The other advantage is the mileage factor.  It's much easier to find low
>> mileage CHE units than 2Y or AGB.  A rebuilt transmission with new
>> bearings
>> and synchros may be fine and dandy for most people, but for me there's no
>> escaping the fact that gears and the ring/pinion set have
>> God-only-knows-how-many years and miles of stress on them.
>>
>> To sum this up, tonight I came home with a DFQ tranny from a '97 Golf.
>> Production of the DFQ began 12/95 and it has the same ratios as the CHE.
>> It
>> cost me $900 but then again, it only has 13,000 miles on it and I get the
>> .805 fifth gear which I believe matches my 2.0 liter 16V perfectly.
>>
>> Well, that's my 2 cents.  If anyone thinks I'm mistaken or otherwise
>> completely full of shit, please let me know!  :)
>>
>> -Bradley
>> http://effervescent.com/vw/
>> '86 S 16V 2.0 (Tornado Red) about to get the DFQ transplant.
>> '87 S 16V "bone stock" (Flash Silver)
>>
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