Re: [T3] FI Automatic Fastback Stalls in Drive at Stoplights

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On 30 Sep 2006, at 16:18, russw wrote:
> In another forum, we have been discussing this also for the manual
> trans. All of my earlier "Without Guesswork" books show the T-3 auto
> differential ratio as 3.67:1 and the T-4 as a 3.91:1 ratio.

Wouldn't you think that must be wrong? Unless I've got it all mixed  
up, the 3.67:1 diff will require more torque for the same number of  
wheel revolutions than 3.91:1, right?


> But we have been finding on the manual trans ratios, that the books do
> not agree over the years. Like VW just started generalizing. Like the
> early books show the T-3 with a 4.13 and the T-1 with a 4.37. But  
> then a
> couple years later, the book will show them all having the same ratio.

That's pretty sad when you can't even trust the factory-supplied  
literature anymore :(

jens

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