Les, Holland has quite a bit more experience with VWs but I'll chime in that I'm not sold on the 2Y (16v) gearbox. Yes, the input shaft is larger but I don't recall hearing of anyone grenading an input shaft on a VW - grenading differentials, yes; input shafts, no.
It would probably be more cost effective to source a 4K transaxle from an A1 GTi which already has the 3.94 final drive - be careful that the case is "convertible" between the A1 and A2 chassis. Look for thru-holes in the differential housing where the A2 transmission mount attaches. The CV joint flanges are interchangable and you can slip on a set of 100 mm flanges with minimal effort. Like Holland, I have no experience with Peloquin other than the hearsay that "Dude, Peloquin rocks b/c it hooks up smoother than a Quaife but I've never driven either, yo". However I have about 10 years of experience with a Quaife and find it to be a very worthwhile investment. Lastly, a 5th gear swap is a MUST HAVE if you intend to use the car for anything other than in-town commuting. Depending on your engine selection, you may want to go with an even taller 5th gear such as a .75 instead of the .80. I had a .75 5th gear in my 2.0L Slorocco with a 4K box - at 70 mph, the rpms were around 3000 which beats 3800 in stock configuration. Matthew --- Holland Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Les, > Yeah, it's been a little slow on the old list > lately. How much power > do you anticipate putting > down with the new motor? If you're going with the > stock 134 bhp, or > a little more (no more than > around 150-160 bhp), I'd start with a 2Y, which will > give you the > larger input shaft (requires a 16V > clutch disk), the 100mm drive flanges, and close > ratio gears with a . > 91 5th gear, and a 3.67 final drive. > Then I'd get a 3.94 R&P, and try and find a .80 5th > gear (Autotech > used to sell them). That will make the > car amazingly quick through the first four gears, > and the .8 5th will > make freeway driving tolerable. For the > limited slip, I'd go with a Quaife (Peloquin's are > supposed to be ok, > but I have no experience with them, > personally). Then, if you are pulling the gearbox > apart to install > the 5th gear (that can be done with the > box in the car, if need be), R&P, and Quaife, I'd > get new synchros, > bearings, dogs and clips, seals, gaskets, > and replace any damaged gears and synchro hubs, and > while the whole > thing was apart, send it to Cryo > Science and have everything including the cases, > R&P, Quaife, and the > flywheel/pressure plate cryogenically > treated. That will strengthen everything some, and > help the gearbox > to last longer. Now, if you're going big > on power (forced induction, or?), the 020 has to go. > I'd try and > find an 02M six speed, or get a converted 02A > 6 speed from Euro Spec Sport > (http://www.eurospecsport.com/). Euro > Spec sells complete kits to convert a MkII from > an 020 to an 02A. The 020 is just too weak by > design to handle much > more than the stock 9A horse power. > > --Holland > [email protected] > > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Les Noriel wrote: > > > Since there hasnt been any activity I thought I > would see if I > > could get > > some advice and maybe awaken the list. > > > > Some of you know, I've been converting my MKII > Golf to the > > equivalent of a > > 90-92 GTi 16V. My original machine came with the > 1.8l low > > compression with > > the 5speed ACN transmission. This transmission had > nice tall gears for > > freeway cruising but was not known to be robust > and has the smaller > > 90mm > > axle flanges. > > > > My goal is to build a nice 5sp with a tall 5th > gear for freeway > > cruising. > > I'd also like to install a Limited Slip > Differential. > > > > What transmissions would you recommend? Which cars > possessed the > > recommended > > transmission? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -Les > > Duarte, California > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
