Close ratio gearbox for VR6?

[Pullstarter]

Hey guys,
I'm totally sick of the taller than Jeremy Clarkson gearing in the VR6 and was wondering if there were any close ratio boxes from other dubs that would bolt up without too much hassle? Need Hammond gearing not Clarkson!

Cheers
Simon

[Golf Loon]

You can pull the guts out of a Cupra 02A box and stuff it all into the VR6 housing and get a great close ratio box. You loose top end, but gain acelleration.

[Pullstarter]

Sounds interesting Matt, what sorta $$ would you be looking at to do that? Any hassles with the increased power on those components etc?

[Tim]

You could always change the final drive. although installation would cost a packet!

[Pullstarter]

Yeah I looked into that, instal was huge $$$

[Tim]

wouldnt be any more expensive than playing with cupra guts i dont think

[Pullstarter]

Yeah true, was hoping a bolt up option may exist but doesn't look like it

[Tim]

reduce the tyre size to have a smaller rolling circumference. the poor mans shorter diff

[Pullstarter]

reduce the tyre size to have a smaller rolling circumference. the poor mans shorter diff

Hehe, don't think I wanna go lower than 40 series

[Valver.]

You can pull the guts out of a Cupra 02A box and stuff it all into the VR6 housing and get a great close ratio box. You loose top end, but gain acelleration.

That's not really the right way to do it as the gear ratios are much the same. You only want the crown wheel and pinion, in which case you'd be moving from a 3.3:1 to a 3.67:1 (which itself isn't very short).

A 3.94:1 is the correct final drive for a VR6 street car: it's available easily aftermarket, or as standard on the 2.0 16v Passat GT gearbox, which has a prefix of AGC.

The other popular one is a 4.24:1, but that's getting very short in a road car.

[Pullstarter]

The diff itself isn't a problem it's the install cost, been quoted anywhere from $1200-$2000 for the job and my trusted mechanic tells me he wouldn't trust anyone in Canberra to do it. This means gearbox out-ship to sydney (diff technics or someone similar)- ship back to canberra- re install= big $$$ and too long off the road as it's a daily.

[Jarred]

what about CVWC wouldn't they be able to do the instal??

[Valver.]

The diff itself isn't a problem it's the install cost, been quoted anywhere from $1200-$2000 for the job and my trusted mechanic tells me he wouldn't trust anyone in Canberra to do it. This means gearbox out-ship to sydney (diff technics or someone similar)- ship back to canberra- re install= big $$$ and too long off the road as it's a daily.

There's something very wrong in Canberra then! The diff install is a couple of hour job once the gearbox is out - I've just done one!! It's only big money as there's labour time to remove and reinstall the box (far more involved in a VR than a 4cyl too)...

[Pullstarter]

That's where I get all my work done Jarred, some specialist equipment is required that they don't have apparently? I did talk to Michael in Tuggeranong about it some time ago.

[Valver.]

some specialist equipment is required that they don't have apparently?

A mother f--ker of a drill to break the rivets!!!