> So that's 45 mph in 3rd gear on the automatic? > If so would a ring/pinion changeout make it do-able?
It might kinda' work, maybe, doing a lot of torque converter spinning with that 3-speed auto; but so far as I've heard there isn't such a thing. The auto differential section is completely unlike the manual. I reckon you could have something unique made from scratch, but you'd still run into problems with trying to climb up through only three very widely spaced gears, as the dual planetary gear transmission doesn't lend itself to the addition of more gears. With the auto, all you can get is what you've already got. If one had enough money to throw down the rathole and wanted an auto, I'd say a pre-93 (or is it pre-94?) Tiptronic Porsche tranny and a TDI would result in the smallest headache. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon "Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!" |
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