mistake in gears on scirocco.org site?

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

> Ahh, gee, my perusal of ETKA yields a .745 5th gear for the ACH.
> The AOP has the same gear ratios as the ACH, but there are 
> multiple instances amongst all the 020 box codes that have 
> identical ratio sets.
> AMC, CHE and DFQ being just one example.
> Dan

Well then I'm stumped.  I guess Ron needs to reply to this one.  Since he has worked so many trannies, it's possible that he changed
the values to reflect what he actually saw inside an ACH.

Al

> From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@tds.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:04 PM
> Subject: RE: mistake in gears on scirocco.org site?
> 
> 
> > The ratios from the .org site came from Rons tranny ratios 
> > spreadsheet, which in turn came from etka.  If you were to 
> order a 5th 
> > gear for an ACH gearbox from the dealership, you would get 
> a 0.89 5th.
> > Also, an ACH with a 0.75 fifth is actually an AOP.
> >
> > That having been said, it may be possible that etka is in error.
> >
> > Best way to verify is if Ron 'Pipes' in - it is likely he 
> has rebuilt 
> > an ACH, and can speak from first hand observation of the ratio.
> >
> > Another way - put it in fifth, clamp a pair of vice grips onto the 
> > input shaft, and count the output shaft revs.
> >
> > HTH
> > Al
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: shisler [mailto:shislerocco@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:07 PM
> >> To: Scirocco list
> >> Subject: mistake in gears on scirocco.org site?
> >>
> >> i have a for sale thread up for an ACH gear box and 
> someone told me 
> >> that i have the fifth gear wrong for it. i took it from the 
> >> scirocco.org site. he said he got the ratio from the 
> bently and it is 
> >> .745. can anyone verify this or want to change it?
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