914-6 trans: shorter gears?, 5th gear question |
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914-6 trans: shorter gears?, 5th gear question |
Walter |
Nov 10 2004, 03:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 10-August 04 From: The Netherlands, Europe Member No.: 2,499 |
Hello,
Is the final gear of an original 914-6 gearbox the same as a 914-4 trans or is it shorter because the six has its top power at a higher rpm? Thanks in advance, Walter |
ClayPerrine |
Nov 11 2004, 07:27 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Fifth gear in a 914 is easy to change, but you have to pull the gear stack from the transmission, and you have to have the socket to remove the nut on the input shaft. 5th gear is the very front one. I have done a lot of checking on this lately, and IMO, you should use 5th from the 4 cylinder cars. It wil lower the RPM at freeway speed. If you have a 4 cylinder car, and you can find one, get second from a sportomatic, and flip it. Joe Yoder did that for his 2.0, and that car cruises nice on the freeway.
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