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Gear Swap in 914 Tranny |
EPK |
Jun 5 2006, 05:42 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 26-May 03 From: Victoria B.C Member No.: 740 |
Hi ,I have searched every where for the article that describes the method for swapping the 3rd and 5th gears in the 914 to make it a closer ratio gearbox. Can you help out if you know where the article is.
Thx Ernie |
Eric_Shea |
Jun 5 2006, 09:07 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,289 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif) this was in the classifieds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Aaron Cox |
Jun 5 2006, 09:09 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
had help with mine...
its as simple as taking a fifth gear... and putting it in place of third... (aslo flipping the ratio....) an S or a Q gear makes for a great 4th to shorten the gap from 3rd to 4th |
nine14cats |
Jun 5 2006, 09:29 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
I second what Aaron said. I ran a flipped 5th with a "Q" gear in 4th and the "V" 4th moved to 5th. The 901 really was nice. It's slightly shorter than a "M-S-X" box. Works very well for a dual duty car in AX and DE's.
Bill P. |
Aaron Cox |
Jun 5 2006, 09:30 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
i have an A F flipped ZD S ZD box i have to throw in my ride.....
thanks again thomas/joe sharp/mike mugz for the help |
Bleyseng |
Jun 6 2006, 04:44 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Its "OK" for AX but I found it too close to 2nd gear. If you are going to do it look for another 3rd gear thats alittle taller and put in a 4th gear too.
I used the ones out of a 912 5 speed and they work nicely for AX or track and are fun on the street. |
Dave_Darling |
Jun 6 2006, 10:37 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,048 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
For an article on disassembling and reassembling the transmission, see here:
http://home.san.rr.com/pb914/ If you're looking for discussions on how good or bad it is to change the gear ratios around, see the earlier posts in this thread. For what all the letters and such mean, see here: http://members.rennlist.com/chuxter/901&915ratios.htm Note that, when they talk about "flipping" the gear, they are inverting the ratio--so (for example) 36:27 becomes 27:36. --DD |
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