Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:26:40 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?
In-Reply-To: <652883.98034.qm@web52909.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
We'll still have to talk Jeff to get the real story, but so far right now to
me it's looking like they sell more of a race application auto trans setup.
They probably can do stock type vanagon automatic transmissions to specs
that would work for us, I'd think.
3,500 rpm at 70mph is a nice gear ratio to shoot for in top gear,
depending on what engine you have. I forgot right now which engine you have
pedro. Subaru I hope. Oh right ...tdi ?
scott
-----Original Message-----
From: pedro dos santos [mailto:pedrokrusher@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 10:09 AM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam; 'pedro dos santos'
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?
Hi Scott
when I sent a message yesterday to transaxle
engineering, minutes later I received a message saying
there was no mailbox... oh well. I'll gonna have to
call next monday I guess.
I am just not knowledgeable enough in the tranny
department to understand all these gearing numbers. If
someone can say that one of those gearings can obtain
less than 3000RPM at 100km/h that would really great!
And yes I do expect to pay in the 2k to 3k range to
have what I want (porsche auto tranny still tempting).
Pedro
--- Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:
> Hey, all right, thanks for posting the link.
> The show a race winning 3 speed automatic transaxle.
>
http://www.transaxleengineering.com/automatic_trans.html
>
> not sure what they mean though....the mention ring
> and pinions of 4.11,
> 4.56, and 4.86 ...
> 4.11 would be pretty high so that sounds good.
> Then they say 'final drive ratio' from 2.60 to 8.80.
> Not sure what to make of that.
> Also, a nice racing transaxle like
> that.................well, some people's
> entire vanagon didn't cost them as much as one of
> these transaxles costs
> I'll bet. You are looking at something in the
> thousands. At least $
> 2,500 , if not 3,500 is my guess, and more than
> that.
> Maybe that can do something stock-based that's got
> the right gearing and not
> all that expensive.
> But we'd sure have the gearing we'd like with that
> box all right !
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com