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6 gear 020 and misc. bs





-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of marc_scirocco
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:28 PM
To: 'Larry Fry'; 'GTG'; 'Scirocco list'
Subject: RE: 6 gear 020 and misc. bs

* Stock 16V MkII's are quite capable of reaching well into
> triple-digit speeds with their low top gear.
> Besides, merely gearing up is usually a sure way of knocking
> several mph OFF your top end.
> It takes a certain amount of power to reach those 120-130mph
> speeds and if you don't have it, changing the gear ratios
> won't give it to you.
> i.e. most of our cars are drag-limited (another way of saying
> "power-limited"), not rpm-limited, when it comes to top speed.
>
> Larry
> sandiego16v
>
>

My 8V goes into redline in 5th gear.

Cheers.

Marc

At what speed?  What tranny code?  What mods if any?
* Thank,s
*    Davod