You mentioned taller gearing for the AAZ which HP peaks early compaired to 1.6Ds -what about putting a 3.67 R&P from very available 2Y trans into a late FF - which came with3.89 R&P but .71 fith gear??? I was wondering if anyone had tried this for the AAZ - would itbe very difficult to accomplish and what about practicality or viability in useage of such with AAZ?If it is not too hard to swap out it may be a nice application to try - any coments?
I'm still not quite sure how to address the clutch conversion to the 020 tranny. The differences of the flywheel /pressure plate/disc.
Thanks. My glib answer to school, time, and money would be coffee and Visa , but the next two paragraphs offer a more detailed explanation, because I fear I may have come off as someone who I am not. As for time, I did most of work between academic quarters when i was out on break. The bulk of the work was done in the summer and the remainder was done during fall break between the thanksgiving and xmas holidays. I have since graduated and received a Professional Master of Architecture with a cumulative GPA of 4.0 which also works out to about the average number of hours I slept per night during the term. So trust me my thesis did not suffer because I was fooling around with my car. As far as the money. I do not have a car loan. I do most of my getting around on foot or on a bicycle which means I buy a tank of diesel once every other month or so. I am not married, and I don't have kids. I own an old duplex and rent out half which pays most of my mortgage. I paid for school with loans. I worked at a firm part time all through school so I had some discretionary income which I chose to spend on my car. Regarding the turbo, you are spot on. The K14 is way too small. If I am just getting around the city it is no big deal because I am only making boost when I am accelerating from a stop. Granted I am making 15-20 psi on every shift, but it is not sustained for any length of time. On the highway however once I get over 65mph this little hairdryer starts making over 10psi and it gets hot. EGT's at this point are about 600ºF. We are seeing temps over 90ºF here for most of the day this time of year so ambient air temp over the black asphalt on the highway has got to be in the triple digits. My oil temp climbs up to about 250ºF and just stays there and water temp is about 1.5 ticks from the orange on the old VDO temp gauge in the cluster. It all feels a bit too much like a time-bomb to me.I am thinking if I go to the trouble and expense of changing turbos I am going to switch to a VNT17/22 hybrid and rig up a mechanical vane control borrowing heavily from Andrew Libby's setup. This will no doubt cost me a couple grand, and I just don't have the coin at this point. For now I am going to trade the oil/water cooler for an oil/air cooler, and see where that gets me. I am also going to try to rig up a two-speed fan and a lower temp fan switch for my radiator. I am also still toying with the idea of building a transmission with a taller ring and pinion and a big 5th gear giving me ostensibly a 1-4 + 6 setupI will of course document whatever it is I end up doing.Cheers