Most any other auto transaxle that would seem to be a good fit turns in the wrong direction. The best upgrade would be for a lock-up torque converter. There some ring-pinion sets available with a higher ratio. I would only consider this with an engine upgrade. There is always the option of going to a manual. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of TJ Hemrick Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:04 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Feb 2014 to 20 Feb 2014 - Special issue (#2014-103) This, is a great lead in to my ever present curiosity for these things. Is there or anyone have any ideas as to what might be a good upgrade to the automatic? Say a late model 4 or 5 speed? More would be fun but as they get more modern, a lot of them share electronic connections with an ECU or similar so they may not make a great choice. I'm sure we could all use the gain in acceleration and mileage. Yes, the 3 speed is pretty durable, I'll give you that. I'm sure this has been asked before but searching the archives brought up 1.843 million questions about transmission *problems and *not upgrading the current unit. Thanks, TJ 87 Wolfsburg |
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