Tranny ratios, was: downshifting

[dailojeff@juno.com]

From: jackr@internet.kronos.com
>Date: Fri, 07 Feb 97 13:28:07 EST
>Subject: Re: downshifting, double-clutching, etc

>     >The lower gears (3-2, 2-1) are more difficult to heel & toe than
the
>     >higher gears, since the ratios are farther apart than say the 5-4
or 
>     >4-3
>     >shift.
     
>     Is this true?  I'm so used to my 4kq, that I assumed all Audis had 
>     equal ratio between all the gears.  Of course, I never notice
ratios 
>     in the auto tranny.
     
FWIW, Bentley lists for the 5cyl 5 spd manual (06/87 AKT):
Final drive	41:09=4.556
1st gear		39:11=3.545
2nd gear		40:19=2.105
3rd gear		39:30=1.300
4th gear		32:36=0.889
5th gear		29:40=0.725

The deltas are (5th to 1st): .164, .411, .805, 1.44

/J
80q