the engine slows down too quick,
Back when I had my 66 chevelle with a m22 4-speed I would power-shift it all the time.The guy I got it from built the tranny and said he ground every other tooth off the brass syncro's.You could buy the syncro's already done or grind them yourself. They were called slick-slider-syncro's IIRC.Might work in the vw 020, but I would talk to a good tranny guy first.
Quote from: 81 vw pu on May 05, 2011, 01:01:06 amBack when I had my 66 chevelle with a m22 4-speed I would power-shift it all the time.The guy I got it from built the tranny and said he ground every other tooth off the brass syncro's.You could buy the syncro's already done or grind them yourself. They were called slick-slider-syncro's IIRC.Might work in the vw 020, but I would talk to a good tranny guy first.muncie M22 is slightly different than a 020 tho..
Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on May 05, 2011, 05:44:07 pmQuote from: 81 vw pu on May 05, 2011, 01:01:06 amBack when I had my 66 chevelle with a m22 4-speed I would power-shift it all the time.The guy I got it from built the tranny and said he ground every other tooth off the brass syncro's.You could buy the syncro's already done or grind them yourself. They were called slick-slider-syncro's IIRC.Might work in the vw 020, but I would talk to a good tranny guy first.muncie M22 is slightly different than a 020 tho.. Its alot different. My point was a way to make it less harsh on the vw 020 by grinding off every other tooth on the syncros.It would be less work to just replace a slipping clutch tho, unless it was for a full time drag car.
I agree there, with sloppy linkages/bushings it would be a hard feat. And yes a trans where you are directly moving the trans like a rwd trans would be much better candidate for power shifting.