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4K w/ .75... similar Question



I LIKE the short fifth in my 16V. Same reasons.....

Larry  sandiego16V

> Folks,
> 
> Went down that path recently with my 4k and put the
> stock 16v 5th back in. The reason? Even my 2.0 16v
> with schrick 268s and Oettinger head could not pull
> the gear. It felt as though I could not get 'on top of
> it'. Before I had no problem with a tick over 140 at
> 6800, when I swapped I was lucky to get to 125 even
> after redlining 4th at 110 it would fall on its face.
> Great gas mileage on the freeway, though. Eighty was
> at 3200.
> 
> Now, I can be humming along at 80 @4000, put the foot
> in and watch speedo rapidly climb, without
> downshifting.
> 
> Just sharing my experience.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Donald Walter <dswalter.wi@netzero.net> wrote:
> > Power aside technically you will be able to go
> > faster as you are reducing
> > your RPM's at that speed.  The problem will be if
> > you have enough power to
> > push it that fast ie friction, coeffient of drag,
> > etc....  HTH
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> > Dan Bubb
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:37 AM
> > To: Dan Kraus
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: 4K w/ .75... similar Question
> > 
> > 
> > Well, the first question is how fast can you go now?
> > As an example: (and I will assume your top speed is
> > power limited, not
> > limited by hitting redline)
> > if you can pull 130 MPH at 6500 RPM with the 2Y then
> > if you go to a 4K
> > with .75 fifth @ 130 MPH the engine will be at 5751
> > RPM.
> > So, if your current top speed is 130 and your peak
> > power RPM is at 6500
> > then going to the taller gearing will give you a
> > lower top speed since
> > the engine will be producing less power off its
> > peak. If your peak power
> > speed is lower, say 5900, then your top speed may
> > increase.
> > To restate; if at your current top speed you are
> > beyond your engine's
> > peak power RPM then going to longer gearing may
> > increase top end. If you
> > are below your engine's peak power longer gearing
> > will lower your top
> > speed.
> > If that wasn't clear, I'm sure everyone will let me
> > know!
> > Dan
> > 
> > Dan Kraus wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > Ok here is another question. The 4k trans that
> > will be going into my
> > > 1.8/2.0L 16v  has a .75 fifth. Can I/will I still
> > be able to go as fast as
> > I
> > > do now with my 2y?
> > >
> > > Thanks so much,
> > > DK :-)
> > > p.s. I just wanted to thank everyone for giving 
> > me lots of good advice
> > > dealing with the motor swap and much more!
> > >
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> Dave Hellekson
> 88 Techtonics 2.0 16v
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