Re: 16V transaxles, was Re: now: torque is good - was Re: 50 mm vs40 mm intake

["Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>]

100mm axles didn't come into general use until the '85 model year on most A2
cars, (except diesels) and Scirocco's with the 9A gearbox.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
To: "drew" <drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca>
Cc: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: 16V transaxles, was Re: now: torque is good - was Re: 50 mm
vs40 mm intake


> Drew wrote:
> > Scott, I'm confused by your statement below.  The 2H and the 4K both
have
> > 3.94 final drives, last time I checked.
>
> Nope, VW changed the gearing for 1984 to a slightly less revvy ratio for
> fuel economy reasons. The 2H came with 3.94 and a .91 5th gear whereas the
> 4K had a 3.89 and .89. I recall that Chris DeLong broke some 2H and 4Ks
open
> and found similar (but not the same) components. So, perhaps there is some
> grey area here. Still, my collection of fine 020 transmissions bears
> evidence to the differences that I've spoken about.l
>
> > However, both transmissions AFAIK came with 90 mm
> > cv flanges, but should be easily upgradable to 100 mm CVs.
>
> You know what?... As sure as I am on the first points, I could be wrong
> here... I forget. My understanding was that the Rabbit GTIs came with
bigger
> drive shafts than the more pedestrian A1 chassis cars. Given that there
are
> only 90mm and 100mm shafts out there, this would make the GTI a 100mm car.
> But this is just supposition.
>
> Anyone want to make a factual claim about this?
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