[Vwdiesel] 5-speed trans wanted

[Roger Brown]

dieseltdi at verizon.net wrote:
> AS smokey Yannick (spelling?)used to say, Horsepower sells cars but  
> torque wins races!  The old VW diesel engines put out less than 100  
> lb/ft of torque, as your gas engine does.  the TDI starts around 185  
> lb/ft and if chipped can easily exceed 200.  The one person that I  
> have followed on the Vortex that used the FF had basically destroyed  
> it in less than a year and was going to do an 02A swap to bring down  
> the rpms and match the power band better.  Fifth gear on the TDI 02A  
> is 0.755 with a final drive of 3.157 and that is very different from  
> the FF or FN.  Hayden

I had a 3.67 ratio gear set (from a gas transaxle) in my FN box, have not finished installing the 
box yet, but should work out well.  RPMs at 65 should be about 2500.


-- 
    Roger