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On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 12:21, Jim Adney wrote: > On 17 May 2003 at 18:42, Russ wolfe wrote: > > > Nope, they are not. The Ghia is (final ratio 3.875), but not the T-1 and > > T-3 are the same. > > Without Guesswork, '60-70 and '71-'72 say that they are the same. 4.125 > > final ratio, .88 4th, 1.26 3rd, 2.06 2nd, and 3.80 1st. > > I don't have all the data here, but my 71-74 Guesswork shows that type 1 final > drive changed in 73. That was from 4.125 to 3.875 which was probably the change > I remembered. > > Type 3 1st changed in 73 > Type 3 3rd changed in 70 > Type 3 4th changed in 70 > > These were all small changes, however, and the Bug may have changed > identically. I know someone who put a Bug tranny in his square and noticed the > difference. The final drive may have been most of that difference. > The gears changed, but the ratio didn't. They went to a finer tooth gear for quieter running. They also changed in the T-1 at the same time. And yes, the T-1 final ratio changed in '73, but it went to the the 3.875 ratio, IIRC. I don't have a book here that shows after '72. The 3.875 ratio might not be the best for Jason in the Wyoming mountains. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org