[Vwpickups] RE:Swapping for 5spd

[David Utley]

JE,

  It all depends on what engine you have (IE, Gas or Diesel) and what ratios you have in the truck and what the ratio is on the tranny you want to swap in.  On the bottom of the bell-housing of each tranny, there is a flat, machined section where it will have a code.  Letters, followed by numbers.  The letters are your tranny code, the numbers are the month and year it was made.  Find out what each of those is, and let us know the type of engine you have and we should be able to advise you.  If you are curious, you can go to scirocco.org and look at the bottom of the page.  See the gears?  Hit that, and it will give you a list of most of the trannys for Mk1s...

David 
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:25 PM, J E Floyd wrote:

> I have an 80'Rabbit and a 5spd from a truck that I want to swap. I spoke
> with the mechanic that works on it and he said that I wouldn't gain much
> with the 5th gear. Is he right?  I want to be able to drive on the frwy at
> 70 to 75 mph and still get great fuel mileage. I read a post on another site
> "I use a gas tranny from an 02 Golf....an ACN has a TALL 5th gear.....slow
> from 45-65mph but beyond that is great for highway cruising with 185/80/r13
> tires gives great economy @ 70-75mph". What is my best option for cruising
> on the highway with great fuel economy? John
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