Todd in responce to : Re: [vanagon] Dave Caston's posi trans upgrade question You wrote: "Another route is to slightly change the gearing on your existing 4-speed. I have done this for other VW owner's and they where happy with the results. What is done is to try and duplicate the flexibility of the true 5-speed but with only 4 gears. Its not a 5-speed but at less than half the cost of retrofitting one in you can see that its a strong contender. The true 5-speed is the way to go, but it can be a somewhat expensive proposition."
My question is - For a diesel 4speed what gearing ratio's would you suggest? - the object being highway crusing. Would you change first gear to decrease the spread between gears? I have a 5-cyl turbo diesel in mind. thank you, joseph |
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