robinjames
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Gearing and tuning
This talk of more gears is all very well but... I for one hate fiddling around with that darn stick and clutch pedal on a road car. Anyone know how to get fewer gears (eg auto box)? Is there an auto or semi auto option for the VW bm discussed in this topic?
Mods to my closed sky 13yr old 125k tdi have worked well: I installed a long 5th (kindly supplied by Timmus), put some front wheel brgs in (quiet type), then got a nice bloke to do a revo remap. What a transformation: MPG is about 30% up; greater torque renders 4th to 5th gap irrelevant; rev counter needle mirrors position of speedo needle (yes irrelevant too but weirdly pleasing!); the car now seems quite happy at 120mph (not sure for how long). I bodged a boost gauge (from a Mk1 spitfire (the one with wings)) from engine to cockpit: boost peaks at 24psi then settles to 18psi (does anyone know what the standard boost is?)
So so far so good, A2 engine and chassis continues to amaze. Despite short wheelbase high-speed handling is mind boggling , no bump steer, no roll steer, just predicable and stable. Only gripe: can't toe and heel, next mod is redesign high brake pedal.
This talk of more gears is all very well but... I for one hate fiddling around with that darn stick and clutch pedal on a road car. Anyone know how to get fewer gears (eg auto box)? Is there an auto or semi auto option for the VW bm discussed in this topic?
Mods to my closed sky 13yr old 125k tdi have worked well: I installed a long 5th (kindly supplied by Timmus), put some front wheel brgs in (quiet type), then got a nice bloke to do a revo remap. What a transformation: MPG is about 30% up; greater torque renders 4th to 5th gap irrelevant; rev counter needle mirrors position of speedo needle (yes irrelevant too but weirdly pleasing!); the car now seems quite happy at 120mph (not sure for how long). I bodged a boost gauge (from a Mk1 spitfire (the one with wings)) from engine to cockpit: boost peaks at 24psi then settles to 18psi (does anyone know what the standard boost is?)
So so far so good, A2 engine and chassis continues to amaze. Despite short wheelbase high-speed handling is mind boggling , no bump steer, no roll steer, just predicable and stable. Only gripe: can't toe and heel, next mod is redesign high brake pedal.
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