European transmision gearing

[ewanhopkins@hotmail.com (Ewan Hopkins)]

4+E box pretty standard fare in the 'non-sporting' models. Most (if not all) 
carbed sciroccos had them. My guess is that you would have been doing around 
4000rpm at that speed.
As for the 'speed' issue - 100mph+ could lose you your license in the UK for 
a few months. 85-90mph is a more comfortable motorway cruising speed - if 
you get done, the penalties are much more lenient. On roads with cameras, of 
which there seem to be more each day, you have to be more careful: most 
don't give you much leeway and 4 tickets and you're banned. Fortunately, in 
Scotland, there aren't that many cameras yet.

Ewan Hopkins.
'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8
'87 GT 1.6


>From: Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
>To: Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>, Scirocco@t-online.de,  
>scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: European transmision gearing
>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:44:30 -0800 (PST)
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>From scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:45:43 -0800
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>--- Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you sure you were doing that speed? That's just
> > short of 100MPH.
>
>Most definitely sure of the speed, because I
>remembered getting passed at that speed like I was
>standing still and saying to the guy with me "Holy
>crap, I'm doing almost 100mph and these people are
>blowing by me". You have to remember I was driving on
>the Autostrade, that's Italy's version of the
>Autobahn. Now what I'm not 100% sure of was my tach
>reading, I say around 3200, could have been higher, I
>just remember being impressed with the lack of
>transmission whine that I have with my AGB tranny.
>Another note of importance on this is that I did most
>of my driving the first day in 4th gear! This is
>because the gear shift knob had R,1, 2, 3, 4, & E, I
>didn't know what the hell "E" was and avoided it. I
>wasn't about to throw it into "E" at 140+KM and hope
>nothing catastrophic happened. Of course after finding
>out that "E" was essentially our "OD/5th" I used it
>and had the smooth sailing 160's I mentioned.
>
>And once again, if the Golf Memphis only has a 40KW
>engine in it then I'm extremely impressed with the
>performance now. Just proves everything about the
>European versions of our cars, from engines to
>tranny's is so much better!
>
>Also on the speed thing, I don't understand what would
>be so impressive about driving at 100mph? I regularly
>drove 140-150km in a Nissan 4x4 4 banger with MT tires
>mind you, in Japan on the Japanese Expressway, never
>felt like I was overdoing it, just keeping up with
>traffic. Of course the speed limit was 80km, but
>nobody did that.
>
>Later...
>
>
>
> > >Original message< <
> > >From: Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
> > >To: Dirk Schneider <Scirocco@t-online.de>,
> > scirocco-L
> > ><scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: European transmission gearing
> > >
> > >This could probably be answered by Dirk.
> > >
> > >When I was in Italy in 2000 I rented an 87 Golf
> > >Memphis that hauled serious ass on the Autostrade.
> > It
> > >was a five speed with an 8v engine, but this thing
> > was
> > >really impressive. I effortlessly traveled at 160KM
> > >with no engine/transmission whine, and plenty of
> > balls
> > >to spare. I do believe I was in the 3200 RPM range
> > >while doing those speeds.
> > >
> > >My question is what transmissions where offered in
> > the
> > >87 Golf Memphis? And can I get one of these to work
> > in
> > >my 86 16V (AGB for now)? I'm sure it would cost a
> > >fortune to have a tranny shipped from Europe, but
> > >maybe I could just match all the gear ratios and
> > build
> > >a tranny that would be essentially the same.
> > >
> > >My current AGB tranny is getting on my nerves, it's
> > >gearing just sucks for American highways. Driving
> > at
> > >75MPH(120KM) my tach sits around 3600+RPM and
> > sounds
> > >like its going to self destruct from whine. Long
> > >trips, 1 hour or more, are not comfortable at all.
> > >
> > >And before everybody starts chiming in about
> > swapping
> > >out my 5th gear with a .80 or something, I like the
> > >feel of the whole range of gears on that Golf, so
> > I'd
> > >prefer matching that if possible.
> > >
> > >Thanks...
> > >
> > >=====
> > >Jeff Lowe
> > >Garland, Texas
> > >'59 Euro Spec Beetle (Waiting it's turn for resto)
> > >'64 Type-34 Karmann Ghia (Got parts?)
> > >'86 Scirocco 16V
> > >'98 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4
>
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