Chris:

Thanks for the excellent post.  This only serves = to reinforce my wish for
some sort of "bolt on" overdrive for the = Syncro!

In my Jeeps with ultra low crawler gears (5.88 final, = 7.68 1st, and 4.?
transfer case ratios), it was pretty easy to get = crazy with gearing, since I
would just tow the Jeep to the Rubicon, then have = fun.  Tough to tow a
Syncro Westy to a trail head, though!  = :-)

The other great thing about old Jeeps was the = availability of a Warn (now
Saturn) overdrive unit.  These basically bolted = to the back of the transfer
case, and installed a set of planetary gears onto = the mainshaft of the
transmission as it came into the transfer case. The = planetaries were (are)
engaged with a lever that is mounted next to the = regular shifter.  (so you
ended up with three shifters).  Another fun = thing was with the overdrive,
transfer case, and the 4 spd transmission, I had 16 = forward gears and 4
reverse gears!  (I would always park with the = gears all screwy, knowing that
no one would be able to figure out how to drive it = if they tried to steal
it)

With the huge variety of Volkswagen transaxles out = there, I am surprised
that I have never heard of an overdrive unit of some = sort being developed
for the aftermarket...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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> Subject: Re: Euro Ring & Pinions For Syncro = Available
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