[SPAM] Tranny Selection

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I highly recommend you try to get a hold of Scott Williams - an old-time lister 
(I don't even know if he lurks or gets digest anymore...). He's the only person 
I know of that has a 4.25 FD and he has the 6-speed conversion. I have a 4k+3a 
combo and the 3.94 FD is PLENTY. And without a Quaife, which I don't have, 
you're actually going to be wasting power. 2.1L is plenty. Try to track down 
Scott on Vortex. I think his UID is "Scott F. Williams"....

G/L - JT  
 
>    Since I haven't got the cash to spend on getting a six speed, i'm gonna 
> get a 5.  I'd prefer the cruising gear, although the fuel economy is an 
> issue, it's more of a noise issue.  3000 rpm is quieter than 4, and on a 
> 6500 mile trip, that's what will probably get to me the most.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Things to take into account;
> 
> - Gear Ratios.
> 
>    Right now I'm thinking about a 2h, which is just like the 2y, but I
>    think 
> it is the 8 valve version, it was found in the 83 gti's(I was supposed to 
> buy an 83 gti, but he sold it the day before I left town to buy it).  I'd 
> like to take the .71 out of my FF and use it in whatever transaxle I get.
> 
> - Final Drive.
> 
>   I'm not too sure, I've messed around with the gear chart and the
>   speed/rpm 
> calculator, and I think i'd like a 4.25 final drive.  It'll hurt the rpms a
>  little bit on the highway's, but I think it'd be worth it.
> 
> - HP/Torque range (not absolute numbers, but the _range_.)
> 
> I'm hoping for somewhere around 110-115HP and 130ish lb-ft.  Pat (ATS) was 
> able to get 101whp and 120 wtq with his 3a setup.  I'm going to be bored
> out  and stroked to 2.1L.  Hopefully a head that is going to be worked
> pretty  nicely. I'd like to add the VWMS fuel distributor.  I have a TT
> downpipe and  2 inch catback which will be used with the setup.  I'm either
> gonna retain  my g-grind cam or go with a 272 or 276, not too sure what
> yet, but with all  that, i'd like to see at least those numbers above, if
> i'm underestimating,  I can only be happier, and I don't think those
> numbers are too hard to get,  but time, or the list, will tell.
> 
> 
> - Money.
> 
>    Money isn't a huge issue, I still live at home, I have an overall budget
>    
> of probably $6000 for this car, I don't have $6000 grand right now, but in 
> the next few months at Suncor I should make about $7500, so $1500 for the 
> jetta, $6000 for the rocco, and I'll wear the same clothes 3 days a week.  
> The $6000 has to pay for the engine, pay for a paint job, pay for the body 
> work I can't do myself, and i'd like to buy some sway bars and tie bars.
> 
> - Intended Use(s).
> 
>   Car will be a summertime daily driver as well as autocross car.  Of
>   course 
> the trip from the West Coast to the East Coast and back to the West is a 
> priority of mine as well.
> 
> Is a 2Y with a .71 5th what work with what I want?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Bryan
> Fort McMurray, AB
> 81 Volkswagen Scirocco
> 
> 
> 
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