What's nice about the 5sp, and dropping the final drive ratio slightly,
is 4th gear now has one going about 53 - 55mph at about 3300 rpm. This
helps alot on hills, as long as they aren't more than 4% grade.  Just
changing 4th gear ratio only helps on the low altitude flats.
Jon

On 2/23/2015 2:54 PM, Marc Perdue wrote:
> If you went with a lower number for fifth, say the 0.70, would that
> give you better mileage in that top gear? What are the results you'd
> expect to see? Having a 5-speed with the 5th gear being the same as
> the 4th doesn't seem to make too much sense to me, but that probably
> has more to do with my not understanding transmission gearing at all.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc Perdue
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>> Cost is $1695.00 USD
>>
>> On 23-Feb-2015, at 16:06, Don Hanson wrote:
>>
>>> If they really do work and come at $ reasonable.... A very good mod for a 4/sp
>>>
>>> On Feb 23, 2015 11:56 AM, "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>> It's not clear whether you retain the 4-spd linkage or if it needs to be changed. ... it would be nice to have a "unmarked" gear on the shift ;-)
>>>
>>> On 23-Feb-2015, at 15:44, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Saw this today from Weddle:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://weddleindustries.com/products/new-products/new-vw-094-5-speed-kit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Very interesting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jeff