help! even more confused about trannys

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

You cannot use 1-4th gearsets from a 4k in the following trannies: DFQ, 2Y, 
AGB, CHE.


>From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: help! even more confused about trannys
>Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:30:54 -0800
>
>While playing hookie this afternoon, I stumbled across a 4k at a local yard 
>- already pulled! (obviously, I have no idea what condition the gears are 
>in, but topical inspection seemed sound...) I just got done reading on the 
>Vortex that it's possible to yank the final drive and 1-4 gears from the 4k 
>case and stuff 'em into a later tranny (I just bought a DFQ (0.80 5th) w/ 
>~50k miles on it recently). If the yard is willing to throw the 4k my way 
>for under $100 should I do it? Is it really possible? How much work would 
>it be? I definitely want the DFQ case which allows me to use the 2.0 16v 
>clutch/PP setup. But the 4k with a 0.80 5th would be quite fun (though I'm 
>told the 9a block should provide enough torque to use the DFQ as-is 
>effectively)...Any input?
>
>JT


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