Transmission Selection Help 4or5sp?

[GEE-BEE]

I looked all over for a new 3.32  R & P

I found two set's of 3.67 , still looking for that 3.22 thou..


3.32 IS CORRECT
GB

[belchfire]

Forgot to mention in my last post about brokevw.com  There's a wealth of information on these transaxles.

[R.O.R-2.0]

I looked all over for a new 3.42  R & P

I found two set's of 3.67 , still looking for that 3.42 thou..

GB

i dont know that they made 3.42 gears for an 020 trans.. least ive never seen or heard of them..

[theman53]

IIRC the 16v big imput shaft had a vw motorsport special that was 3.32

[R.O.R-2.0]

(stolen directly from scirocco.org/gears)

VW MotorSport Ring & Pinions (small input shaft, 8v): 4.20, 4.46, 4.64, 4.81, 5.07
VW MotorSport Ring & Pinions (large input shaft, 16v): 3.32, 4.20, 4.46, 4.64, 4.81, 5.07

[trav1856]

My thoughts are to put the bolt-on turbo thing from www.hansautoparts.com for $450.

Before you buy, do a search here or at Vortex for "Prothe"

Okay, the IP I can understand, it is, after all, a watch-like piece of hardware that has to be done correctly, heartbeat of the engine, and all that. That is what I'm finding most of the complaints about. I'm not finding a turbo complaint, and most turbos are chinese or indian these days anyway, so I'm not quite sure I follow your logic there....and I've seen know complaints on the turbos (perhaps a product of first glance).

I'm not defending the man, but I do know a little something about the human condition. Happy people don't complain. So you get one (figuratively speaking), that has a bad experience, the frequency he shares his complaint story is exponentially proportionate to the $ he spent. (then again, I've complained about things over a dollar, just on principle). That being said, I've found NO posts about people who were satisifed. That doesn't mean there are not satisfied people who've purchased his products. (IP's not withstanding, I've seen enough evidence that satisfies me on that score).

But some of these posts saying "don't buy from Prothe" are ludicrous at best. That's like saying all christians play with rattlesnakes, all jews have lots of gold, and all muslims drive car-bombs. There's no empirical evidence to support the claim. (the cat is both alive and not-alive.)

but is buying an oil-pan from him going to blow up my car? Of course not. If I buy a turbo kit is it going to blow up my car? Maybe, maybe not....

[R.O.R-2.0]

have you seen his turbos? and seen the balancing marks on the shafts?

they literally have to grind off half the nut head on the turbine end..

so, if you gotta grind off that much metal to get it to balance, where is the casting flaws?

idk, theres no way in hell that im gonna risk a prothe turbo.. and his kit doesnt even have the right intake manifold.

[theman53]

The thing is you haven't been here all that long. There have been people such as myself that have been had by him AND got good report of his stuff. If you read just the threads that I have posted in about his stuff it would take too long to really glean the good out of it...there is some, but you would have to go through 99% of the bad to find it. And that is the point, just search and see what has been said and make your own decision.

I just bought some door handles off him and would have bought some mirrors if he had my style. NOT that I don't think they will be good quality pieces, I am pretty sure they won't be, but I will be out 6 dollars a handle if it doesn't work out. My engine will not be in any danger, I just will have to open another door. That and I know how he has handled my orders in the past, any problems are dealt with by not answering emails and phone calls. If you do get junk from him I personally haven't had any kind of customer service----GeeBee did when he got a plastic water outlet and it was supposed to be cast and he not only got into him, but got the cast part sent to him. So there is another 1/2 good for him.

If you choose to use his stuff that is your deal. If you think we are just thinking we are only saying bad, we aren't, it is just that bad you have to look a long, long, long time. In the same regard as you wanting to see an unbiased review of him I WOULD FEEL HORRIBLE IF I didn't let you know that there problems and just go buy whatever. We try to look out for eachother

[R.O.R-2.0]

we are not saying "steer clear of Prothe" just to hear outselves talk..

like Lucas already said, we are just looking out for each other..

why bash your head on a brick wall, when others have already done it, and will tell you that it hurts?

some people just feel the need to find out on their own i guess..

[GEE-BEE]

One of his outlet's were reproduction alloy , the T coming towards the rad, poor casting but usable..

All of his hoses are typical China *** with abs center's

Not like the original german one piece molded, VW sent ( meyle)all there new production stuff
there total crap

So when you have a hose fail in the middle of no where, You will see why I dedcided to do the VW model's ( silicone hose assy's )

Iam still looking for a new alloy 026121144 E

vwdieselparts.com , shows alloy, buy it's the bait and switch sale

tar & feather the bastard !

GB

[trav1856]

now that is better, specific examples.

Okay, so we've complained about it. Have any of you gone to him and said, "hey, your intake manifold is incorrect"? or did you just come on here and complain? If you did go to him, did he make good on it?

I'm not knocking anyone, just playing devil's advocate. Being the critical thinker that I am. That's why we're here after all. There's no need for the "You're new here, aren't you". (this much is obvious, and doesn't need to be mentioned).

Okay, so hoses, belts (i've heard those are bad), I noticed his oilpan is out of stock, so yeah, it doesn't look good. Call this a litmus if you will, and I'm stirring the pot a lil'. I'm neither for or against anyone, however, I do like to see unbiased opinions backed up by as much factual information as possible.

[trav1856]

So is the consensus pretty much, if you want turbo, get a Jetta engine?

[theman53]

now that is better, specific examples.

Okay, so we've complained about it. Have any of you gone to him and said, "hey, your intake manifold is incorrect"? or did you just come on here and complain? If you did go to him, did he make good on it?

I'm not knocking anyone, just playing devil's advocate. Being the critical thinker that I am. That's why we're here after all. There's no need for the "You're new here, aren't you". (this much is obvious, and doesn't need to be mentioned).

Okay, so hoses, belts (i've heard those are bad), I noticed his oilpan is out of stock, so yeah, it doesn't look good. Call this a litmus if you will, and I'm stirring the pot a lil'. I'm neither for or against anyone, however, I do like to see unbiased opinions backed up by as much factual information as possible.

Seriously, search. All the things you want discussed have been. Just about all parts short of some body parts are not good. THe wheel arches don't fit, the door handles don't open or break first pull, timing kits that grenade your engine in less than 20,000 miles, and the main thing for me - he will not back his stuff or give customer service.

It is relevant that you are new. If you had been here and elsewhere you wouldn't be having this posting going this. Critical thinking is best when you search and read every post. There are only 425 pages in the IDI so it shouldn't take you long. Most will not have anything to do with prothe or his prodcts, but you will have fun and learn. Telling myself and others what is not good and relevant is a good way to get ignored here. If you buck good knowledge now I will not offer good knowledge later kind of thing.

As said before you will do what you wish but don't bame me for not giving you good info on your purchases. Good luck to your Sir.

[theman53]

Nevermind, I should have stopped at just search.

[8v-of-fury]

touché lol