Preferred Transaxle for 2.0l conversion?

[MK1Scirocco16v at comcast.net (Dave Ewing)]

I second that and you may be happy with the 5th after driving it for a
while.  I got 40mpg in my 16v Rabbit once with the AGB but only once as I
couldn't keep my foot out of it.  The 5th in the AGB is nice as it gets up
and goes without having to shift down on the freeway and I was still able to
hit 120+ fairly easily.  HTH!

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Euroroc II
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:57 PM
To: Jeff Toomasson; Rick Kellner; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Preferred Transaxle for 2.0l conversion?


As always I sorta have to disagree with Jeff  ;-)

Completely stock is AGB or 2Y depending on the year... basically the same
gear but a slightly different case that uses a different reverse switch. No
matter what you choose you will find 5'th to be toooooo short. My
recommendation is stay with the AGB/2Y and replace 5'th with a 0.80'ish
gear. I'm still running an AGB in my 2.0 16V and belive me it's got plenty
of life... plenty  :-)

-Raffi


At 03:22 PM 1/9/2004, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>Do you mean completely OEM, slightly modified or custom?
>
>Completely OEM:   AGB (n/a), FN ((w/.75 5th (forced induction))
>
>Slightly Modified:   4k+0.80 5th gear conversion (n/a) , ? (for FI)
>
>Custom:  VL 6-spd w/ 3.94 FD, .71 6th  :)  ,  DFQ ((w/ 3.89 R&P)  for FI)
>
>For you, Rick, I would go with the 4k combo - this tranny really brings the
>16v to life - especially the 2L. I have one in my cabby.
>
>My $0.03 - JT
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:09 PM
>Subject: Preferred Transaxle for 2.0l conversion?
>
>
> > What are the opinions on the best transaxle to mate up with a 2.0l 16v
> > motor?
> > Thanks, Rick K.
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