Having owned one of these long ago, but never having really driven it much...? If I recall correctly, there is a L, as well as a 1 and 2 which correspond to driving in 3rd and 4th gear in a manual.? Think you could go between 1 and 2 most of the time according to the owner's manual?? Seems if you pulled out in L, it would pull out rather quickly, however with the torque converter in this setup, a lot of torque was lost through this drivetrain.? If this were me and the car was a 72 or newer, it would be a no brainer and I would go stick. Making a bigger engine for an autostick is complicated by the special oil pump, vacuum take off for the clutch, etc. ? If the thought is simply somewhat better acceleration, I would be going back through the basics and make sure everything is correct starting with compression testing, tune up, valve adjustments, etc,? Also think there was an adjustment on the vacuum solenoid for engagement speed which would allow the clutch to reengage? fast! er after shifts??? Is the clutch slipping?? Is the trans fluid at correct level??
?Perception of what passes for pulling out fast varies with the user and what you are comparing it to.... Ray -----Original Message----- From: Bill May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 7:37 pm Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Autostick Ghia Q. check the gear ratios in the trans. 4 speed versus 3 speed auto stick. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Autostick Ghia Q. > --- On Fri, 7/25/08, Bill May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> auto-stick is same as taking off in 2nd gear in 4 speed beetle. > > That's surprising. I thought my autostick really leapt into trafic if I > used the lowest gear. I'd have to shift up right away and I didn't do > much high speed driving. Perhaps my memory is colored rosy. > > So the fact that acceleration is better in reverse is expected? and the > only hope is to put in a Manual? Can I assume correctly that a bigger > engine/more carburation is more trouble than its worth for these? > > Thanks for all the replies. > > Dean > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
