R&P six speed tranny

["chris jevens" <rocco1987@hotmail.com>]

>>Additionally, I wouldn't have to reconfigure or discard the mighty
>>transmission that I just built (4.25 r&p, custom 6-speeds, Quaife).

Scott you didn't just say that... is everyone gettin one of these now a 
days? Mink I wasn't going to tell you that I'm already in the process of 
gettin one of these through EM Sports' add-on kit from VL Enterprise(Vince's 
kit), but using the 3.94 final from my 4K. You bought the other(4.25)? I 
thought these were a rare find?
well your final at 7000 with .71 = ~156mph
                   7000 with .75 = ~148mph
my final           7000 w/   .71 = ~169mph
                   7000 w/   .75 = ~160mph
Lets think of cruising RPMs... we'll say 65mph
              your 4.25 w/.71 = ~2899
                        w/.75 = ~3062
              my   3.94 w/.71 = ~2687
                        w/.75 = ~2839
The reason I wanted to go with the 4K in the first place was for the added 
acceleration and performance that you can get from a higher final, but my 
concern was the higher RPM's were going to kill me with the buzzing when you 
cruise on the highway. I used to deal with this in my rabbit gti ('84), and 
plus the loss of top end speed. This is why I'm interested in the Six. I 
wonder if the .71 is going to be too much of a drop?

I used this to help me in this endeavor:
http://www.scirocco.org/gears/

I guess I'm still trying to figure out what I want for my gearing. what gear 
ratios did you use scott?

Well not that you probably have the time to go into this Scott so I'll catch 
you in person, and pick your brain... later!
chris jevens


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