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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Leon touches on why most of the automatics Id seen had Fried motors. Holding say 65MPH, with a slower engine speed will run the engine hotter due to less cooling air... a significant consideration. Keith > I have an automatic transmission, on these trannys the final > differential gear ratio is a bit taller so the engine > turns slower at higher speeds so one can go faster. These > trannys only have 3 speeds and make the car accelerate > kind of slow but each gear can be kept longer; 1st gear can > be held til 40 mph , 2nd til 60 and 3rd goes as fast as the > engine is capable. I think the gear ratio is around > 3.65:1 were as the standard tranny's are around 4.11:1 . > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>