[Vwdiesel] Transmission Gearing with TD and TD options

[TexasTDI]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Transmission Gearing with TD and TD options


> If you spend a lot of time near 75 mph, even the TD might be
> noisy with the shorter 5th gear.
>
>
>   It's bad enough doing 3K @ 60mh with the highest ratio transmission
> they put out in the latter years, which is the 3.94/.75 combination
> mentioned.

My 91 1.6D screams at only 65mph.  No tach, so I have no idea what RPM's.
Even though the speed limit around here is 70mph, 65 is torture enough on me
and my car.

>   Even the TDI is under geared it seems.  At 60mph it's above the peak
> torque of the engine in rpm.

The torque peak is 1900 RPM.  But remains flat to about 4000 RPM IIRC.  HP
peak is 3750 RPM IIRC.  So 2000 RPM at 60mph seems fine to me.  Of course
you could always install the European 6 speed to lower the RPM's a bit.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 240k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 92k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
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