Re: 16V transaxles, was Re: now: torque is good - was Re: 50 mm vs 40 mm intake

["RoccoPhil" <roccophil@mindspring.com>]

Ding ding!!  Wait a sec.  The shimming thing.  I am gutting a bad 2H for the
final drive gears and putting them in my AGB 16v tranny, along w/ the 2H 4th
gear set.  Will I be able to shim this tranny?

-Phil Kerschner
'85 Scirocco (the Loyal One)
'87 Scirocco (sickee)
'87 Scirocco 16V (BIG ol' project)

"Sciroccos - 'til Death do us part!"

> Drop that 2H in your Scirocco 16v and be done with it. The flanges are the
> same 100mm in both the 4K *and* the 2H. The only bad thing about the 2H is
> that you can't shim it. If you're installing a Quaife or don't care about
> the mini slip then you're good to go. The superior thing about the 2H is
the
> lower gearing verses the 4K. That difference (3.94 verses 3.89) is small
but
> noticeable. The 5th gear will probably drive you nuts, though. Throw a .75
> 5th gear in there and yer chillin'...






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