Re: taller 5th gear- anyone do this?

[16V JASON <jason@scirocco.org>]

Hey Tony,
	I did the swap on my 87 16v.  The sock gear is 0.91, and I went with an
0.75.  The difference is amazing.  Instead of 4000rpm at 75mph, the car is
comfortably cruising at 3250.  Instead of 31mpg, I now get 36mpg on the
highway. The loss of torque isn't bad at all, but the car won't like you if
you make it go less than 45mph in 5th-- it will cruise on level ground at
anything down to about 40, but it won't like you if you hit the gas.

	You can pay outrageous amounts of $$ ($295) for the gears from Autotech,
or you can get them from a junkyard.  My VW tranny specialist did the whole
thing for me for a bit more than Autotech charges just for the gears..

	It was worth every single, last, shiny, teensy penny.  I would do it again
in a flash.

Jason



At 02:23 AM 4/9/99 , yankeefan@baseballmail.com wrote:
>ok, ive heard that you can put a taller 5th gear in the roc to lower the
rpms on the freeway. what size and where do i get it from? and is it worth
it? tia
>
>-tony
>84/85/86/87 8v (its all 1 car!!!)
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