Going for a drive

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

Roger has a 3.67 final drive. That with a .80 fifth gives virtually the same 
overall ratio as a .75 fifth with a 3.94 final drive.
I also just installed a .80 in my AGB tranny and going into fifth is 
definitely a step into a cruising gear, but not so big a step that it's 
irritating. The 2.0L 16V has no trouble pulling the longer gear.
The downside? I have a tendency to drive faster in fifth just cause the revs 
seem too low.

From: "Roger" <rogercv1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "David Utley" <fahrvergnugen@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx>; "Scirocco List" 
<scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:23 AM
Subject: Re: Going for a drive


AGB

On 9/16/07, David Utley <fahrvergnugen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What tranny is this in?
>
> I want to change out the 5th in my 4K, knowing your final drive should
> help
> me figure out if mine will be different or not.
>
> TIA
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger [mailto:rogercv1@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:37 PM
> To: Mtl-Marc
> Cc: Chris Bennett; Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: Going for a drive
>
> I drove my rocco for about 4 hours today 2hrs each way to help Joe Mair
> get
> is rebuilt tranny installed in his rocco. gotta love .80 5th gear 3400RPM
> at
> 80MPH
>
> On 9/15/07, Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I did just that this afternoon!
> >
> > It is noisy, stink of unburnt fuel, suspension is stiff, radio is off,
> no
> > heating...
> >
> > Gotta love the Scirocco ;-)
> >
> > Marc
> >