FAO Ben(Polopowah)/ Anyone with a mk5 :/

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:33 pm

Just got my car back from the garage where Ive had my new gearbox fitted. I fetched it myself from a breakers and it supposed to be from a 1.4 but its got much shorter ratios than my old box

70mph with my original was 3000Rpm but now its 4K

Is this the same as your 1.0ls?

Just want to make sure

jon_poloV · Post by **jon_poloV** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:32 am

sound about rite? perhaps you should contact the breaker or at least get the num ber off the box and ask vw,
Jon

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:57 am

i can confirm its very similiar to my rev range now mate

-Ben-

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:36 pm

aye cheers

Its nothing bad, just wanted to know. Kind of annoying it being more noisey with the extra revs at 70 but i never go stupidly fast most of the time so my top end doesnt bother me

The extra acceleration is fun tho

Need some grippier rubber now

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:35 pm

hows the de-chaving coming on mate?
i would catch up with you on msn but i'm hardly on now being back to work and all

-Ben-

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:27 pm

Aye its all sorted now

I wouldve come to the meet and show you lot but I couldnt make it

Shes got standard bumpers all round now, kamei front grille, smooth Gti front bumper with all the GTi lower bits inc fogs, smoked side repeaters, twin exhaust, Brock b2 super cups and a Gti front splitter

Just need some coilovers now and to get my rear bumper smoothed

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:46 pm

sounds like the de-chaving has worked a treat!! good to hear

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:49 pm

heh

I did post some pics up a while back, im gna clean the car tomorrow so Ill take some fresh ones and post them up

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:49 pm

the box will do 110 bouncing off the limiter

Thats only as fast as i got my last one but it wasnt in the red

All of the above was done on a race track

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:02 pm

sweet

-Ben-

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:52 pm

Find a big enough hill and you should try it ben

Race track hill ofc

JWC · Post by **JWC** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:37 pm

Mine is a 1.4 16V and it revs at just over 3000 at 70. So that seems a bit confusing.

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:39 pm

Doesnt yours rev to 7k tho?

JWC · Post by **JWC** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:01 pm

No. It revs to 6K, then has a software determined 'soft-cut' to prevent it going beyond 6.2k

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:46 pm

JWC wrote:Mine is a 1.4 16V and it revs at just over 3000 at 70. So that seems a bit confusing.

Same Gearbox as my old one then.. which seems right as my 8v doesnt have the muscle to get right to the top with that box