Mk1 golf help

[Stanton]

I believe you are getting it wrong. A diesel engine revs a lot lower than a petrol. Therefore the gearing in a diesel gearbox (ie final drive ratio) is much taller (smaller numerically). So rather than screaming its head off the revs will be lower for a given speed than for a "petrol" gear box. This would make highway cruising easy so long as the engine has the torque to pull it. A 1.8 should handle it quite well.

You are wrong.Do the research.I couldn't be bothered seeing you don't want to agree.

[Jarred]

Pretty sure all 4 speeds were had the same ratios.

Techtonics Tuning VW Trans Ratio Page

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[gldgti]

You are wrong.Do the research.I couldn't be bothered seeing you don't want to agree.

Thats a little harsh, but to all - take it from a dude that's done more than 200,000km in a mk1 GLD - the diesel 4 speed definately revs lower (but not a lot) than the petrol 4 speed, and would be (and is) just fine behind a petrol engine.

Consider that in my old LS, 1.6 petrol, the standard 4 speed had me doing 4200rpm at 120km/h! Woooo!

[mk1]

4 speed gear box will fit fine, but you will have problems with trying to fit 5 speed gearbox without having to do some modifications to the gearbox mount as 5 speed is 5-10 cm to long....also unless you are good with the electrics dont do the engine conversion as you might strugle to find someone to do it for you, n thats y i sold my mk1shame.....

[mk1]

ps; my avatar wasnt isnt my mk1 its what i wanted it to be........