Re: 5th gear conversion

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

There are a number of factors to watch out for -- like how hilly is the 
area in which you live, how much low-end grunt does your car have, etc...

I have the 0.75 and am thrilled with it, even with a stock 1.8 16V.  It 
makes a huge difference on the highway, and I rarely - if ever - have to 
downshift on Interstates, even on the worst mountain passes.

The 0.75 and 0.71 will reduce top speed on a stock 16V; the 0.80 will raise 
it slightly. All 3 will reduce passing power.  All 3 should (in theory) 
improve gas mileage.

That being said, I vote for the 0.75 or the 0.80.  The 0.71 is too much of 
a drop from stock 4th, and passing power isn't exactly awe-inspiring.  The 
0.80 is a great improvement over stock.

All 3 gears are close enough together that tach error is probably greater 
than the difference between any 2 of them -- but still; it's a matter of 
taste.  I compromised with the 0.75.  If I had to do it again, I'd probably 
do the 0.80, just because it's almost the same benefit of noise reduction 
and wear -- without compromising top speed.

Jason







At 04:43 PM 9/30/2001, Shawn C Meze wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:13:09 -0700 "dave t" <pearl16v@hotmail.com>
>writes:
> >i want to do a 5th gear conversion in my 16v but would like your
> >options on
> >either a .71 or a .75 ratio 5th.
>
>
>The .71 is really tall, makes the final drive nice for long freeway
>drives and for overall buzziness and fuel economy. The .75 is a little
>shorter. NOT by a whole lot. The drop from 4th to 5th is drastic. In my
>4K its a 1500 rpm drop. Not BAD mind you but it is a drop.
>
>
>Shawn Méze
>86' Jetta GLi 8V       84' Scirocco 8V           88' Corvette -SS 30-
>82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project FSP Scirocco"
>The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and best looking Scirocco(s) in all of
>San Diego!
>http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm
>
>________________________________________________________________
>GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
>Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
>Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
>http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
>
>--
>Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org.
>To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to 
>majordomo@scirocco.org


--
Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org.
To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org