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speaking of FF tranny...

My car will be NA as a turbo is beyond my skill and wallet. Same with a diff and that stuff. Though I would upgrade the cams to a g-grind or something and I do enjoy speed and accelerating fast. Thanks for the info.

Dan

--- "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net> wrote:
>Dan, the FF is fine if you're just tooling around in your normally aspirated
>car. And, it is very fine, indeed, if you've got a turbocharged beast. It
>has practically the same ring & pinion ratio as the 4k, but has wide ratios
>after that. If you want to go fast in your non-boosted car, however, the
>wide ratios will not be helpful. -particularly if you've cammed your engine.
>Also keep in mind that you won't be able to install a differential shim kit
>or be able to run 100mm drive flanges. That's the skinny of it.
>
>HTH,
>
>P.S. Keep in mind that the 2H trans has mostly the same ratios as the 4K,
>except it has the same drive flange and no-shim restrictions as the FF.
>--
>Scott F. Williams
>NJ Scirocco nut
>'99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
>Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
>Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
>ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Smith
>Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:50 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: speaking of FF tranny...
>
>
>Where does the FF tranny rank in desireability(sp)? I know the 4k is the
>shiznit, but is the FF a decent one as well?
>
>Dan
>
>
>
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