Custom Tranny Gears

[passat TS]

Dave,

I just received my short/close ratio transmission that I developed using of
the shelf VAG gears built by and German Transaxle in Oregon.

In my case it's a fwd trasnmission but I'm sure you can use the same concept
in a 016.

I sent a code ABV transmission to them and he added gears from other 013 and
093 transmissions.

The final product should produce a 1st gear similar to the original ABV,
while 2nd to 5th seats between the range of 2nd and 4th in a normal ABV.
This puts my max speed in 5th around 105-110 MPH depending on RPM.

I decided to do this after finding that I rarely use 4th and never 5th in a
stage. So if I could distribute the gears, I could have one more gear
(2nd+3rd+4th and rarely 5th) instead of (2nd+3rd, rarely 4th and never 5th).

I can't wait to put it in the car, but I just moved and I have couple of
piles to deal with until I can go back to work with the rally car.

Also, during the rebuilt all synchros, bearings,seals were replaced  and  a
LSD was added to the mix.

Bottom line I spent a good chunk of money, but I probably have the only
transmission I ever use in this car.

Later,

Carlos
ps. Another cool thing, the transmission came all clean and repainted.

>From: Dave Hord <spokes at the-wire.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Custom Tranny Gears
>Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:46:58 -0400
>
>The 90q rally project is in desperate need of a tranny rebuild.  2nd gear
>syncro has been going for a long time and I pretty much destroyed the third
>gear syncro in our last event...complete with metal shavings coming out the
>drain plug when I drained the fluid.
>
>Since I'm either going to have to drop the box and put another tranny in,
>or
>drop the box and open this one up, I've been thinking about a close-ratio
>transmission.
>
>As far as I know anything made by 'Audisport' would be unobtanium...if such
>a
>thing ever existed.
>
>Anyone know where I can get custom gearing cut? Anyone ever had it done?
>Group
>Buy, anyone!?!
>
>:-)
>
>-Dave
>
>--
>86 4ksq 266,600km new to me as of March 5th 2003... will it stick around??
>89 90q  330,000km as of Feb 26th.
>Rally Conversion...perpetually in progress...
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>http://home.the-wire.com/~spokes/rollcage/page1.htm
>
>
>

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