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speaking of FF tranny...



Hi Andrew;
    I think all FF and FN trannys have 3.89 finals I had one FN with a .75
fifth gear in an 82 pickup all the FF's I've had were .71's There is very
little difference on the road between the .75 and the .71 Approximately 162
RPM at 70 mph. At 70 mph with stock tires the .71 will turn 2869 and the .75
at 3031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Wong" <mkii_84@yahoo.com>
To: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:12 PM
Subject: RE: speaking of FF tranny...


> 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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