Re: [Opinions] 0.80 5th Gear Conversion -- 16v

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <werikson@hampshire.edu>]

My '84 GTI has the FN trans (.71 fifth, ummm maybe 3.89 final drive? Not sure
about that...). In any case, at 50mph, I'm turning 2000rpm, which works out to
3000rpm at 75mph. I love it. The GTI has a pretty strong engine in it, and I
rarely have to shift down to go up hills, almost never on the Interstate. It
makes a BIG difference in gas mileage- I get about 37mpg right now, my old
Scirocco that ran just as well and had a 2H in it only got 33. Not that that's
bad or anything. If I just drove my Rabbit on the street, I'd keep the FN in it,
but as it is, I'm going to be AutoXing it, so I've been considering putting a 2H
in it for the closer-spaced first three gears (well, all of them, but I'd only
use the first three in the AutoX).
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '87 QSW
    http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~wje97

Dirk Schneider wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I drive an 8V GTX (120HP)
> the 4+E transmission is installed,
> which means that 5th gear is 0,711
>
> well, yes my car is not a rocket in 5th,
> but its great to drive 200km/h with less than 6.000 U/min,
> and especially at lower speeds it is reducing
> fuel-consumption, which is an important aspect
> here in Germany.
> personally I like driving at low RPM in the "E"
> and  if I should need some acceleration,
> I have 4 other gears to shift back...
>
> viele Grüße
> Dirk
>
> > Not I.  What car do you have, David? 8v or 16v? Which tranny?  Of all the
> >guys I know with 16Vs, all of us want to change the 5th gear-- it's not
> >only maddening, it's just not worth it.. shy of the E36 BMW M3, it's the
> >only car I've driven in the past couple of years that never needs to be
> >downshifted on the highway... and yet it's the only car I've *ever* driven
> >that puts around at cruising speeds on the highway at 4000... it's not only
> >silly, it's dumb... and the Germans hate it even more-- imagine cruising on
> >an Autobahn at 6500rpm all day?  In a 3-series 6 cylinder maybe, but no
> >thanx- not in a loud, rough 4 cylinder..
> >
> > My $0.02
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >jason@scirocco.org
> >1987 Scirocco 16v
> >57,000 original miles.
> >http://members.aol.com/rocco16v
> >
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