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On 3 Mar 2003 at 14:03, Roush, Norman wrote: > In the near future I will be getting a rebuilt 4-sp trans to go with a > 1679 engine in a daily driver. Would there be any benefit to changing > the R&P to 3.88 or changing 3rd to something like 1.37? There would > be a loss of torque but the stronger engine may make up for that. > Would the lower RPMs at crusing seriously affect the cooling? I had > thought about a 5-sp but they're too expensive for this budget. I'd leave it where it was. The 1679 is only slightly larger than stock and the cooling effect IS important. Ratio changes are generally expensive, so you need a real reason to do something like this. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org