Mileage issues

[ORCoaster]

That's why I love the FF in mine,  same 3.89 final but with the extra gear getting to the .71 fifth the splits between 1 - 4 are not so high in RPM's. 

[745 turbogreasel]

I always thought a 4spd with the right gearing, which might not exist, would be the ticket for reliability and simplicity.

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The only way  that is going to happen is if you commit to operating between about  7 and 50 MPH.
My FF was  a great tranny, but another gear on either end would have made it twice as good.

Ever struggle  up  a mountain grade in a 50 HP Na weighing only 2,000LB, and wonder they the 10 wheelers with less than 500 HP are coming up on you so fast despite weighing in at 50,000LB or more?

[wolf_walker]

I always thought a 4spd with the right gearing, which might not exist, would be the ticket for reliability and simplicity.

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The only way  that is going to happen is if you commit to operating between about  7 and 50 MPH.
My FF was  a great tranny, but another gear on either end would have made it twice as good.

Ever struggle  up  a mountain grade in a 50 HP Na weighing only 2,000LB, and wonder they the 10 wheelers with less than 500 HP are coming up on you so fast despite weighing in at 50,000LB or more?

More times than I can count but not a lot of wondering to be had.
Like I said, the gearing probably doesn't exist.  4th too low, 5th too tall, 1st all but useless. I never found a trans I liked in these things. 7a, fn, ags, or was it X, been too many. Can't make a purse out of a pig ear and all that, but still.

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[R.O.R-2.0]

I always thought a 4spd with the right gearing, which might not exist, would be the ticket for reliability and simplicity.

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ive owned one of all of the 4 spds, and i liked none of them..

the gearing is either close enough, but the trans is too low geared in general.

or the gearing is way too far apart, but the trans is geared nicely in general..

the 4A was probably the best, but i couldnt just leave it in 4th gear on the hills, if i needed to pass someone.. it would hold speed just fine, but wouldnt accelerate.

the GC was definitely the worst.. with a stock governor, 83mph is as fast as you can go with this bad boy.

i much prefer the 5 spd boxes over the 4 spd.. i could never get over the length of the gear splits.

my favorite 020 trans is the ACN, but the jump from 5th to 4th could be a little shorter. if 4th was .91 instead of 1.03, things would be great..

[ORCoaster]

I don't seem to find any trouble with the FF with the 1.29 in third, .91 in 4th and the .71 in fifth.  Plenty of passing power on the routes I drive to get by folks in the passing lane if I start in third and wind it a bit towards a shift in fourth as I get around or next to them.  The fifth is for cruising only.  Like it has been said, Holds speed just fine, but wouldn't accelerate.  I can't imagine a taller than .71 in these. 
Yeah RPMs would be down but I think it would be forever getting 5 mph more out of it as you approach a hill or want to pull up to a faster speed. 

[fdnyguy]

Since my mechnical skills are next to none, where can I find my tranny code? Curious as to what ratio I would have in my car.

Thanks in advance, AGAIN.

Stay safe,stay well. Jimmy.

[TylerDurden]

Since my mechnical skills are next to none, where can I find my tranny code? Curious as to what ratio I would have in my car.

Lowest part of the bellhousing (inside the yellow rectangle).

[fdnyguy]

Since my mechnical skills are next to none, where can I find my tranny code? Curious as to what ratio I would have in my car.

Lowest part of the bellhousing (inside the yellow rectangle).

Can't get more simple than that... lololol. Thanks.

Stay safe, stay well. Jimmy.

[R.O.R-2.0]

Since my mechnical skills are next to none, where can I find my tranny code? Curious as to what ratio I would have in my car.

Lowest part of the bellhousing (inside the yellow rectangle).

Can't get more simple than that... lololol. Thanks.

Stay safe, stay well. Jimmy.

thats only accurate if nobody has opened up the trans and rebuilt it with the wrong parts..

my buddy just got rid of an 87 Jetta that would turn ~3200 revs @ 60mph, with an ACN TRANS!!

he was soo excited when he got the car, because it had a long geared ACN trans..

boy, it burst his bubble when i ripped thru the gears, and was turning ALOT more than 2450 RPM @ 60mph...

it had an ACN trans case, but it had a close-ratio gear set swapped into it.. felt alot like drivin a 9A trans...

[ORCoaster]

To read the code on the bottom you have to have the magic decoder ring.  I think the code comes first  FF ACN  then the yr it was built the last two numbers  84 then the day and then the month  03 04 would be April 3rd. 

Correct me if I have the last part turned around.  I can't find the picture of my code on the computer in short order or I'd have linked it here.

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

To read the code on the bottom you have to have the magic decoder ring.  I think the code comes first  FF ACN  then the yr it was built the last two numbers  84 then the day and then the month  03 04 would be April 3rd. 

Correct me if I have the last part turned around.  I can't find the picture of my code on the computer in short order or I'd have linked it here.

I think it decodes to month/ year, not day/ month.

[ORCoaster]

I knew I would be wrong.  What isn't with a hard day at the office that makes it hard to think at home.  No wonder our wives think we are a bunch of duffs.  We are by the time we walk in the door.
 

Thanks for the correct.  I knew that just didn't say that.