Re: Trannies

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Well I'm sure that there are others, but I know that Rabbit GTI's and 8v Sciroccos
in like '83-'84 had them (although I think some had 4K's or maybe some of the
roc's had FN's, too). I think some of the Jetta I GLI's had them, too.
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '86 Scirocco 8v (buy me!)
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Chris Coracini wrote:

> i've got a 2H also...  i love it, though...  except for the highway
> cruising, but i'm used to it, plus, i get instant passing ability in
> 5th.  it's like a ROCKET on the highway...  i'm thinking about swapping
> the 5th from .91 to a .805 or even the .71, i'm not sure which one
> though...  .805 would give me around 3700 rpm @ 80mph, .71 would give me
> 3300 @80mph.  right now its running around 4250 @ 80mph...
> buuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....  anyway, does anyone know what VW the 2H's
> originally came on?
>
> chris
> 86 16V scirocco
>
> >----------
> >From:  Wm. Josiah Erikson[SMTP:josiah@gsinet.net]
> >Sent:  Thursday, December 03, 1998 8:11 AM
> >To:    Mike Friesen
> >Cc:    Scirocco Org
> >Subject:       Re: Trannies
> >
> >2H is, in my humble opinion, an excellent transmission for acceleration, and
> >is
> >lots of fun around town. On the highway, it sucks of course...
> >If you're looking for highway cruising, go FN. 3000 rpm at 75mph, approx.
> >Let's
> >see, I know it's right around 2000 at 50mph, so yeah that's about right...
> >that's why my Scirocco gets 37 mpg... that tranny is good for long distance!
> >    I think that the FF is also good in this respect, but I've never had one.
> >I
> >believe you can also put A2 (Golf, Jetta) wide-ratios in our A1's, but
> >they're
> >usually more expensive.
> >    -Josiah (want an FN? I've got one... $150)
> >    '84 GTI
> >    '86 Scirocco 8v (buy me!)
> >    '87 QSW
> >    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> >
> >Mike Friesen wrote:
> >
> >> Kay,  so I've got a 2H tranny.   It doesn't seem to compare very well to
> >> others in gear ratios, so the question is what is a good upgrade?  FN, 4T?
> >>
> >> Mike Friesen
> >> '85 Rocco 8V
> >>
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