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| posted on July 9th, 2007 at 05:37 PM |
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Type 3 gearbox with a 1916
I have the type 3 gearbox to go into my 67 beetle rebuild.. It is from an early Type 3..
Questions:
Will I get good highway speeds with the Type 3 Box..
If the answer is no, what is a best compromise.. I was thinking rebuild the box with a final (4th) gear as an overdrive gear..
Any other suggestions to maintain good low down torque but improve the top end speed?
I have a 2l Kombi Box in storage.. would this be a better option?
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Rob
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| posted on July 9th, 2007 at 10:52 PM |
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Apparantly the 2litre kombi boxes aren't that great.
The type 3 boxes are ok on the highway.. mine sits on 70mph happily all day.. but i often feel the top speed of my car is limited by the gearing
rather than the power..
I would personally go for a single side plate gearbox from a late beetle, as they have a higher diff ratio (3.88) rather than the type 3's 4.12.
Unfortunately, these are really hard to find!!
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| posted on July 9th, 2007 at 11:05 PM |
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4th gear is already an overdrive gear. The increased power and higher revs from the engine will give you faster highway speeds than a stock
engine,easilly...
Fitting a 2L box would be a pain for no gain and higher revs than a type 3 box... A SSP box as mentioned above would also be good. Have you changed to
IRS or are you still swinging?? If you have a swing axle then a 1500 box would be the go...HTH ???
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| posted on July 10th, 2007 at 06:44 AM |
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You need to find a 3.88 diff ( hard to find ) which can be fitted to a early box with some fiddling like in my Orange smoooothie 65 this will use
your early short swing axles as well
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| posted on July 10th, 2007 at 10:55 AM |
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Thanks.. where do I start looking?
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You need to find a 3.88 diff ( hard to find ) which can be fitted to a early box with some fiddling like in my Orange smoooothie 65 this will use
your early short swing axles as well
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