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On 17 Oct 2003 at 13:20, Aaron Clow wrote: > On another note, I have no idea how some of you folks get these cars up > to the "crusing speed" of 84mph. I hit 70 and it feels like the engine > could rev right out of its mounts. And the automatics have a higher > final drive? Yipes... The squares are particularly noisy, but I've never found the RPMs to seem excessive at speed. Are you sure you're getting into top gear? Make sure you are. The ATs have 3 gears; make sure you hear 2 shifts. If you have loose parts, like a loose heat shield on an OEM muffler, that can make a lot of noise, but maybe you have other problems. What's actually making the noise? Are your tires overinflated? They should be 20/30psi (F/R.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org