

| Subject: | Re: Standard to automatic? |
| From: | mark drillock |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:09:47 -0800 |
The .77 was only used for 5th gear in some of the 5 speeds such as 83 diesels and never came in 4 speeds. North American Vanagon 4 speeds are all .85 for 4th. Mark John Bange wrote: >> The automatic in third gear (direct) and final drive ratio gives the same >> overall ratio as the manual in 4th gear. >> > > Does it? Stock for a manual is a 4th at .77 and R&P at 4.83 or 4.86 for > (roughly) 3.72 or 3.74 at the axles. I was given to understand that the vast > majority of auto R&P's were 4.09. Yeah, < > http://www.vanagonparts.com/tranny_id.html#_auto> shows the 3.74 being only > in the NJ automatic, all others 4.09. A ratio of 4.09 would sure match my > experience, with 4K rpm being 65mph in the auto, and 70mph in the manual > (identical tires). > David Marshall apparently had a few 3.73 R&P's for sale some years back... > <http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0510C&L=vanagon&P=R7667> > -- > John Bange >
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