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5spd tranny geared wierd ('84 )



have(think?) I have a 4k on my 84 Scirocco and at 60
mph its usually buzzy in 5th.  WHen I checked the .org
tire meter I got similar results in real life
--- Curtis Schofield <schofiel@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> As some of you know I just bought a '84 rocco. I
> just put
> it on the road last thursday. Drove it a little
> friday and then
> took it to a muffler shop. (it had no muffler, and i
> got the
> cat replaced with a resonator).
> 
> Anyways.. I drove it around today city/highway for
> about
> an hour or two. It's geared really wierd. I used to
> own a 84
> Jetta GLI and i like the way it shifted. My new
> rocco's tranny
> is really bugging me. In 4th gear at about 2800-2900
>  i'm going 100kph,
> in 5th gear at 2800 i'm going 120kph, at ~3150 i'm
> going 140kph, and
> the engine stops moving at around ~3500-4000.
> (160kph).
> 1st and 2nd gear are pretty close but 3rd is a
> little wide and 4th and 
> 5th
> are very wide.
> 
> If i understand correctly the sweet spot is around
> 5500rpm. The way
> things are geared, i only really hit that if in 1st
> and 2nd, and 3rd if 
> i let it
> goto 100. Downshifting on the highway from 5th to
> 4th is almost like
> doing nothing at all. They are really close
> together.
> 
> 
> My old GLI with a JH engine easily hit 180kph in 5th
> gear.. the Scirocco
> struggles to get to 160. It's not a big deal since i
> don't ever drive 
> that fast
> on the highways, but it's a little disconcerting
> considering the 
> scirocco is
> lighter and "sportier".
> 
> Is this possible on of those "Wide" geared
> transmissions? It's bugging 
> the
> hell out of me. What sort of recourse do i have to
> fix it? What sort of 
> cost
> would it be?
> 
> Also.. the JH has solid lifter cams?
> 
> 
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco(stock)
1987 White Quantum wagon (Stock with auto)
aw614.topcities.com/1984.htm

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