I have a South African 5 speed in my Wolfy which has a 4.57 R&P and a 0.82 5th gear. At 4000 RPM the speed is 80 MPH (vs 73.3 MPH with a stock 091) with 205/70/14 tires.

I also have a Subie 2.2 engine which develops peak HP at approx. 5200 RPM (102 MPH) and redlines at 6400 RPM (128.5 MPH). Needless to say I wouldn't even try to redline it in 5th. Scary thought!

Gary

Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:

>I've got one installed.
>As delivered the final drive is the same as the 4speed, so you have to
>change the 5th gear ration to truly take advantage of it.
>I had my 5th changed to a .77
>
>With the .77 5th gear, it is a really nice, abet expensive, improvement.
>The ratios are spaced much better, particularly for climbing hills.
>Switching to the 094 has also had the benefit of increasing my gas
>mileage by 1 mpg.
>
>Todd
>'88 Westy
>
>
>Ben wrote:
>
>>Listers,
>>Does anybody have any thoughts or experience with the "094" transmission currently advertized by Vanamania? These are supposedly shipped over from Europe and will readily fit into any vanagon giving a more "usable range of power"????????????
>>Ben
>>'87 GL
>>'89 Vanagon Westf
>>
>>
>>
>

--
Gary McEachern
Reading, Ma
'90 Westy Subavanagon
'86 Wolfy Subavanagon
'87 Syncro (Son's van)

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