Definately 4th gear is a .85 in all US 4 speeds and Syncros'..Only the 5
spds as Mark says have a .77...
Think the automatics have like a 1.03 final drive or some such..about a 1:1
with no "overdrive" in 3rd.
Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Standard to automatic?

>> 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