[Vwdiesel] 1.6TDI

Dan Sloan dsloan at DRAKE.EDU
Fri Jun 10 09:02:20 EDT 2005


Maybe this is an oft answered question...but how do you regear a
transmission?

-- Dan


> I think part of the TDI's fuel economy comes from the taller 
> gearing in the transmissions.  They turn over pretty slow at 
> cruising speeds and the engine is tuned to hit peak torque 
> around 1900 RPM.  Once I get my FN transaxle regeard to a 
> 3.67 final drive, I hope to see a MPG increase in my Caddy.  
> I hope to drop the highway revs down closer to the peak 
> torque point (2400 on the 1.9D).
> 
> -- 
>     Roger
> 
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