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Subject:Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:58:12 -0700

On 10/13/05, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
>
> Short of getting the European 3.73 R+P and running slightly taller tires,
> I
> think you are out of luck for 70+ MPH all day driving and having a TDI.
> What can I say, a 1970s design that we want to run 25% faster on a fuel
> that
> burns slower than gasoline - just not meant to be with the gearing we have
> available to us. Perhaps it is time to start looking at a T4 ?

 No problem is insurmountable when enough money is throw at it. If enough
people throw quarters in a pot, someone may come up with something better.
 Afterall, these 70's van were never expected to go over 120mph even with
gas engines and some of us do.

BenT