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My 615 mile Trip report
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:12:45 EDT
...I had NO problems at all! I have a .457 ring & pinion SA five-speed tranny. This drops the engine rpms @400 from stock...
RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 21:23:34 PDT
...and life ALL FOR LESS THAN AN ENGINE CONVERSION! Transmission: -European Five speed transaxle with 1-4 same as stock Vanagon with a . 77...
Re: On Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions and Fish
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:49:44 EDT
...The 2.0 and a four/speed or five speed . 457 trans is going to suit most conversionists of the Tiico or scratch persuasion...
Re: TDI transplant?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:12:06 -0700
...I've also just totalled my 98 Beetle with a TDI and five >>> speed. Has anyone successfully transplanted one into the rear of a...
Re: Gear crunching on rebuilt trans
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:42:41 -0500
...I had to get my linage adjusted when I had the five-speed rebuilt in my diesel westy. It simply wouldn't even go...
Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:23:56 -0500
...Fourth and fifth on all but your very steepest hills, > that's what you get with a five speed. There is no pushing down...
Re: Diesel good idea?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:38:32 -0500
...I have an 83 five speed Westy. They are hard to find, but they are in a different driving world from the four speed...
RE: Engine conversions (was: Why do we all love our "bricks" so much?)
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Thu, 28 Dec 1995 15:01:00 -0800 (PST)
...4.) When you step on the gas, it boogies. :^) The car feels like a five-speed with correct ratios, but where I never shift...
Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 5 May 2004 23:50:45 -0700
...The Four speed gas (as in air-cooled vanagon trans)gears are widely spaced as ratios go- so I look forward to the five...
Re: I get no respect
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 15:05:55 EDT
...I base this on the fact that when driving my remarkably clean VW Fox which has plenty of power, a five speed manual transmission...
Re: 5 speed
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:39:00 -0800
...The five speed is a dream to drive. This is an example of how one > uninformed opinion propagates into "fact." > > Jim > > > On Thu, Jan...
Re: What are the Mercedes wheels that fit the vanagon?
Historical mailing list - David Vickery
Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:54:59 -0700
...expand my now-dwindling > tire choices for my 1983 diesel Westy five speed. I am not > looking to regear the drivetrain, and I don...
Re: Vanagon Diesel Advice
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:04:07 -0500
...did add a turbo to my rig, which was already a five speed, and so not quite as slow as some of them come...
Re: Comparative tranny opinions
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:04:39 -0700
...I chose not to get the five speed shifter linkage and just push down and pull back for first, it is second nature now...
Re: Vngns ARE junk! . . . and Gas Guzzlers to Boot
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:00:33 -0800
...Out west there are a lot of mountains and hills that cut down your mileage.\ Mileage might be up since installing the five-speed...
Re: FW: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:20:06 -0700
...With the five -speed trans I get 21 mpg city /hwy mix up to 65 mph and stop and go traffic. Out on a...
Re: '82 Diesel Westy For Sale in Denver (Glendale) CO
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:15:43 -0600
...If you're lucky enough to get an 83 with a five speed, you'll like it better. If you're unlucky enough to...
Re: TDI transplant?
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:13:26 +0100
...I've also just totalled my 98 Beetle with a TDI and five >>>speed. Has anyone successfully transplanted one into the rear of a...
Re: Just spent the morning with listmember Gary Bawden
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:41:03 -0700
...I bet he'd like to have my five speed > in there, though. > > Anyway, very impressive job and very nice rig. > > Gary had just...
Re: Should I replace my transmission?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:08 -0800
...They told me > they keep two rebuilt stock transmissions on the shelf, along with > several five-speeds, syncros, and with custom gearing. It speaks...
Re: I get no respect
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 14:21:05 -0500
...I base this on the fact that when > driving my > remarkably clean VW Fox which has plenty of power, a five speed manual > transmission...
Re: Does anyone have experience with these specific points? Was Re: Vanagon vs Eurovan
Historical mailing list - Dave Creasy
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:33:33 -0500
...I practically have found the 5 cylinder, five speed very powerful and beyond excellent in the snow and ice. You really don't know...
Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:02 -0600
...I even took her and the camper to an abandoned airport and taught her to drive it! I'm talking a five speed diesel...
"They can not be leaking, they are new" Leaking fuel Injectors caused problems..
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:47:34 EST
...at 3800 to 4000 rpm (remember I have a .457 SA Five speed gearbox) and the mileage I was getting was almost 22 mpg...
Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:25:50 EDT
...VW also is using the .457 five speeds with the 2.6L engines because they can handle the power the I5s put out.
Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 18:49:26 -0500
...I seems that to match the TDI motor to the vanagon and to > still go upwards of 70 mph I should consider a five...
Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:03:01 EST
...gear? > > It is a stock .457 ring and pinion 2w drive five speed gearbox from South > Africa. I got it from Weddle Engineering in...
Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? Lilleys & aircooleds
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:01:37 EDT
...the 4.11 gear is the lowest that fits in the five speed nose cone and it is low) after 1st it is @3600...
Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:40:08 -0700
...it is also an antique ... (almost) it is also a five speed diesel ... and maby one of only a few in canada ... if you...
Re: Just spent the morning with listmember Gary Bawden
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:10:53 -0400
...I bet he'd like to have my five speed >> in there, though. >> >> Anyway, very impressive job and very nice rig. >> >> Gary had just...
FS- Subaru Powered Syncro Westy
Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:07:14 -0700
...New Alternator/ lifetime warrantee at Napa new throttle cable Suspension / Drivetrain: five speed manual (including low) w/rear diff lock VC tested at shop...
Re: Noisy transaxle??
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:41:11 -0700
...speed is like > telling... well, there is no real comparison here. Five speeds transforms > the 1.6 into another car. > > Jim > > > On Tue, Oct...
Making it shift like new
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:50:21 -0500
The five speed in my 83 diesel has been balking into second recently. I found, alarmingly, that the roll pin that secures the cup...
Re: Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions
Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:54:33 -0800
...I feel the two best gears of the five speed is 4th-5th gears. Think of the fourth as a tall third and the...
Re: 5 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS FOR SALE ON THE SAMBA
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:48:59 -0700
...with the five speed you have 3 ratios to play with in that speed range. the US model diesel 5 speed still seems a...
Re: First day on the list. First questions
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:17:22 -0700
...A more pressing problem is my five speed transmission jumping out of second. I am about to have it rebuilt for a rough (wait...
Re: '82 Diesel Westy For Sale in Denver (Glendale) CO
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:35:21 +0000
...If you're lucky enough to get an 83 with a five >speed, you'll like it better. If you're unlucky enough to...
Re: Question on rocker arms...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:12:52 EDT
...2weddle.com 805-696-9665 It is the South African .457 five speed. Their list price is 2295. I do not know if the...
Re: How hard is it to rebuild a transmission?
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Mon, 4 May 2015 13:38:56 -1000
...As yours is a five speed, in 4th gear push the shifter forward lightly and work the throttle accelerating and decelerating alternatively. If you...
Re: FS- Subaru Powered Syncro Westy
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:20:29 -0400
...New Alternator/ lifetime warrantee at Napa > new throttle cable > > Suspension / Drivetrain: > > five speed manual (including low) w/rear diff lock > VC tested at shop...
Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:53:47 -0500
...is ... > it is also an antique ... (almost) > it is also a five speed diesel ... > and maby one of only a few in canada ... > if...
Re: Sorry about the test post everyone I'm having gerry trouble
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:54:23 -0800
...engine, upgraded and improved interior - about $ 9,995 when done 83 Five-Speed Sunroof Diesel Vanagon ......no rust, looks decent, perfect interior, running, but...
Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:55 -0800
...It came with a five speed manual transmission. It had > almost no interior space, while the prius is classified (barely) as a > mid-size...
Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:08:38 -0700
...VW also is using the .457 five speeds with the 2.6L engines because > they can handle the power the I5s put out. >
Re: Question on rocker arms...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:58:32 EDT
...1500 to 4600 up to 5000 (Far as I have taken it and have not need more with the five speed), I generally can...
Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:50:41 -0700
...On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com>wrote: > The five speed shares the lock out with reverse...
Re: Noisy transaxle??
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:28:57 -0500
...speed is like >> telling... well, there is no real comparison here. Five speeds transforms >> the 1.6 into another car. >> >> Jim >> >> >> On Tue, Oct...
Re: Front-end workout
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:37:24 -0400
...have not had out in my hands now except for > the five-speed transmission. This front end work is the most extensive, > painful and...
Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....
Historical mailing list - John Dillon
Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:07:53 -0400
...is ... > it is also an antique ... (almost) > it is also a five speed diesel ... > and maby one of only a few in canada ... > if...
Re: Just spent the morning with listmember Gary Bawden
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:20:30 -0700
...I bet he'd like to have my five speed in there, though. Anyway, very impressive job and very nice rig. Gary had just...
Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:57:35 -0500
...at 4:04 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > The five speed shares the lock out with reverse . It is the > same > > push...
Re: NEW owner 86, 1.6 TD
Historical mailing list - meek
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 02:26:38 -0600
...The best way to tweak the 1600 is to replace it with a 1900!!! At least you have a five speed in your caravelle...
Re: Should I replace my transmission?
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:55:18 -0800
...They told me >> they keep two rebuilt stock transmissions on the shelf, along with >> several five-speeds, syncros, and with custom gearing. It speaks...
Re: Families - what do they know?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:26:06 -0600
...My wife drives the 90 often (nobody drives the diesel but me, they are afraid of the five speeds and the glow plug starting...
Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 12:55:42 EST
...I seems that to match the TDI motor to the vanagon and to still go upwards of 70 mph I should consider a five...
Re: FW: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:25:45 -0700
...I think the five -speed WBX trans for the Vanagon can improve fuel economy . It has a 4.57 final drive- that with the...
Re: Take a second look at the Dyno Tests Kyle provided ....
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:56:28 EDT
...ring and pinion to a .457 and back to the stock five speed gear ratios I built the engine to my driving habits: Get...
Might be a double post...winter trip
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 5 Dec 2014 08:59:39 -0800
...tintop/westie interior with it's inline ABA VW motor and five speed manual trans......Snowbird, I am. When it begins here (east of...
Re: '82 Diesel Westy For Sale in Denver (Glendale) CO
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:52:58 -0600
...If you're lucky enough to get an 83 with a five >> speed, you'll like it better. If you're unlucky enough to...
Re: Might be a double post...winter trip
Historical mailing list - silcarr
Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:21:05 -0800
...tintop/westie interior with it's inline > ABA VW motor and five speed manual trans......Snowbird, I am. When it > begins here (east of...