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AlGhia
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gear ratios
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January 30, 2007, 14:07:13 pm »
What would be best for a street car in 5 speed format (top gear only)? I have a 69 ghia with 2160 on IDAs, low compression (8.
running IDAs putting out 175 BHP, should I go for 4 close (for the strip) and really tall 5th like 082 or 089? for cruisin, or will these be too tall, particularly with a 3.88 R&P and give me cooling problems?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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alex d
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Re: gear ratios
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January 30, 2007, 14:47:55 pm »
with the slippery body of ghia I don't see a problem with a lo-o-o-ng final drive
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AlGhia
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Re: gear ratios
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January 30, 2007, 14:50:15 pm »
yeh, it may be slippery but its got a few extra puonds!
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alex d
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Re: gear ratios
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January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm »
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
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AlGhia
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Re: gear ratios
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Reply #4 on:
January 30, 2007, 15:24:15 pm »
good enough for me then
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LGK
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Re: gear ratios
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January 30, 2007, 20:31:11 pm »
Quote from: AlGhia on January 30, 2007, 15:24:15 pm
good enough for me then
Good luck finding a 5-speed from BERG...
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AlGhia
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January 30, 2007, 21:57:50 pm »
I here there is a bit of a wait!
But you never know
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Rasser
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Re: gear ratios
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January 31, 2007, 09:36:42 am »
Quote from: alex d on January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
don´t you mean 3.875 R/P and 0.93 ? never heard of 3.875 and 0.89 in a std. box
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AlGhia
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Re: gear ratios
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Reply #8 on:
January 31, 2007, 09:43:56 am »
Quote from: Rasser DK on January 31, 2007, 09:36:42 am
Quote from: alex d on January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
don´t you mean 3.875 R/P and 0.93 ? never heard of 3.875 and 0.89 in a std. box
If thats the case 082 or 089 should be OK? Now to show how clueless I am I take it the 082 is the longest gear, so maybe the 089 is best, i.e in the middle?!
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alex d
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Re: gear ratios
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January 31, 2007, 11:17:39 am »
Quote from: Rasser DK on January 31, 2007, 09:36:42 am
Quote from: alex d on January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
don´t you mean 3.875 R/P and 0.93 ? never heard of 3.875 and 0.89 in a std. box
late Ghias had 3,875 r/p and 0,88 or 0,89 4th, beetles did have the 0,93 4th as you say
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Rasser
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Re: gear ratios
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February 01, 2007, 20:10:39 pm »
Quote from: alex d on January 31, 2007, 11:17:39 am
Quote from: Rasser DK on January 31, 2007, 09:36:42 am
Quote from: alex d on January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
don´t you mean 3.875 R/P and 0.93 ? never heard of 3.875 and 0.89 in a std. box
late Ghias had 3,875 r/p and 0,88 or 0,89 4th, beetles did have the 0,93 4th as you say
What gearbox code is that ?
I have 2 AO gearboxes, which apparently should have 3.88 and 0.93... but they both have 4.12 and 0.93 - anyone else experienced this ?
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Lee.C
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Re: gear ratios
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Reply #11 on:
February 01, 2007, 20:20:48 pm »
Cool topic
I was thinkin about fitting a Berg5 in my 70's Looker project so I would love to know some more details on this conversion
I also want nice close ratios from 1 to 4 and a nice tall 5th as you put it as I plan on cruzin it to ALOT of shows
any advice
So far I have a Berg5 shifter handle
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AlGhia
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Posts: 44
Re: gear ratios
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February 01, 2007, 22:23:45 pm »
Quote from: monkiboy on February 01, 2007, 20:20:48 pm
Cool topic
I was thinkin about fitting a Berg5 in my 70's Looker project so I would love to know some more details on this conversion
I also want nice close ratios from 1 to 4 and a nice tall 5th as you put it as I plan on cruzin it to ALOT of shows
any advice
So far I have a Berg5 shifter handle
Hey Monkiboy, my plan is similar, pm me your email I have some info for ya
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Lee.C
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Re: gear ratios
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February 02, 2007, 02:24:46 am »
here's that handle
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AlGhia
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Re: gear ratios
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February 02, 2007, 09:33:35 am »
Quote from: monkiboy on February 02, 2007, 02:24:46 am
here's that handle
Nice I Like, email sent!
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alex d
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Posts: 1033
Re: gear ratios
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February 02, 2007, 09:34:21 am »
Quote from: Rasser DK on February 01, 2007, 20:10:39 pm
Quote from: alex d on January 31, 2007, 11:17:39 am
Quote from: Rasser DK on January 31, 2007, 09:36:42 am
Quote from: alex d on January 30, 2007, 15:03:46 pm
well, a stock late ghia has a 0,88 4th with the 3,875 final drive, so I guess the Wolfsburg engineers did their homework back then
don´t you mean 3.875 R/P and 0.93 ? never heard of 3.875 and 0.89 in a std. box
late Ghias had 3,875 r/p and 0,88 or 0,89 4th, beetles did have the 0,93 4th as you say
What gearbox code is that ?
I have 2 AO gearboxes, which apparently should have 3.88 and 0.93... but they both have 4.12 and 0.93 - anyone else experienced this ?
I think that an AN 'box does have the 3,875+0,89
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