[Vwdiesel] Transmission

[ralph meyermann]

Planning on some custom gearing for my westy, I want a low first gear to
help pull boat out of the water and a taller third to close the gap
between3&4 for the hills.

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Jan 30, 2014 11:48 AM, "Brian Decker" <decker at toledotel.com> wrote:

> Hi Hayden;
>         Big diesels love low RPM but I have found that running 1.6 VW
> diesels both N/A and Turboed that it seems that I can be over geared. Our
> little diesels are high RPM compared to big trucks or big Chevy , Dodge and
> Ford pickups.Exhaust gas heat in my 90 VW Fox 2 dr Wagon raises when I have
> my foot in the pump. I do have Water/Methanol injection which tames it
> some. I can run on the flats at about 75 without the turbo putting out
> enough boost to start the W/M injection. I'm running a 5 speed 9Q
> transmission from a 1.6 Quantum Turbo Diesel. It is slightly shorter than a
> FF in a Rabbit. I'm running 14 inch rims and actually dropped to a lower
> diameter tire than I thought I wanted and the engine handles it better.
> Tough headwinds or the big mountains call for using lower gears.
> Brian Decker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of dieseltdi at verizon.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:38 AM
> To: doyt at buckeye-express.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Transmission
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> I have an FN with the .71 in it also.  I have 100mm output shafts on my
> car now and I really didn't want to fiddle with changing those out.  Plus
> the final drive in the CHD is bigger which with the .71 fifth will drop the
> highway rpm significantly.
> Hayden
>
>
> On 01/30/14, Doyt W. Echelberger wrote:
>
> I have an FN laying around with a 0.71 fifth gear already in there.
> Saved it from my 82 Jetta TD when it rusted into oblivion. Does it have to
> be a CHD? Doyt
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> At 10:05 PM 1/29/2014, you wrote:
> >I am looking for a CHD transmission to have a .71 fifth gear put in.
> >Anybody have one just laying around...cheap? Hayden
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