speaking of FF tranny...

[mkii_84@yahoo.com (Andrew Wong)]

My FF in my Scirocco was appearently put in it and its
one from 1980.  If I remember correctly the Bentley
said mine had the .75 5th gear.  Will there be
different preformance between different FF trannys.  
--- "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
wrote:
> The FF/FN came in a couple of different versions,
> actually. Some time after
> 1981, VW played games with us and switched the 4th
> and fifth gear ratios
> (.91/.71 to .97/.76). As I mentioned before, the FF
> has basically the same
> ring & pinion as the 4k (3.94). And, of course, all
> the 020 gear boxes had
> the same 1st gear ratio. Thus, in first gear the
> FF/FN will accelerate
> nearly identically to a 4K/2H.
> 
> > For comparision, what's stock in an '88 16v?
> 
> The 16v cars had tall (3.67) ring & pinion gears and
> then the same close
> ratio gears 1-4 that came in the 4K/2H. Fifth gear,
> matched the 2H at .91
> and was only fractionally shorter than the 4K (which
> was .89).
> 
> > My car will be NA as a turbo is beyond my skill
> and wallet.
> 
> Go with the 4K or 2H for max performance. If you've
> got 100mm axles, then
> you must use the 4K. A common modification to this
> transmission is to swap
> in the .75 5th gear from an FF/FN. The jump from 4th
> to 5th is kinda big,
> but you will be able to rip tires around town and
> then cruise on the
> highway.
> 
> Word up,
> --
> 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
> Allyn
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:03 PM
> To: sad_rocc@veedub.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: speaking of FF tranny...
> 
> 
> ff is a wide ratio, very wide, as in diesel wide
> i've got one in the rieger, good for cruising, but a
> bit steep as far as
> jumps between gears goes...
> is there one for sale somewhere? i may be
> interested, only since i've
> already got one that i plan on rebuilding and the
> 'other' ff could be used
> for parts.
> Al
> 
> 
> 
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon

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