Shorter gear ratio..........

[hatyy]

hi all.........as soon as my experience with my ph1 it's nearly at the end ....i would share and discuss about all the mods i have done on it ......and with this 3ad just want to talk about my shortened gear ratio......

it's a simply mod .....you just change the last gear of the transmission putting in 13/57 gears ......
this mod is quoted as the best on our italian forum for the ph1s ........the car become much faster and more driveable round tracks and also in the normale traffic.......my clio with remap and this mod goes as my mates cammed 182 ........

the only negative fact is that at 130km/h you are at 4200 rpm ......so not ideal who goes a lot on the mw .....

now i'd like to ask you .....what you think about it ?? it cost 400euro plus labor to fit it and the gain is huge ....
why none of you runs it ?

don't want to do criticis just want to share my experience.........

 

[jamie.91]

I'm actually very intrested why nobody on here does that, it seems like a good mod, i would consider it if I didn't drive on the motorway a lot :/

 

[Goodj]

that's the rub, really.

good for track, crippling for road.

 

[Jay Payne]

When we looked into it we found it to be around £700. Plus it makes 1st gear pretty useless. Not ideal for us at a race start

 

[hatyy]

mpg wouldn't increase considerably driving within the limits ...

 

[hatyy]

that's true .....but for who has a stripped car and does trackdays it's a good mod .....

 

[Goodj]

I'm looking to lengthen my gear ratios to be honest.

 

[jjones82]

What Gears do you put in?

 

[Goodj]

What Gears do you put in?

me?

No idea. Not an engineer so wouldn't know thew maths on which cogs to put where

 

[Jay Payne]

The OP means the final drive ratio (crown wheel and pinion)

 

[jjones82]

Ah ok cheers jay was 700 for the parts alone or did that include fitting when you looked into it?

 

[Jay Payne]

Just parts. Fitting would involve gearbox rebuild. If you have a phase 1, gains can be had by fitting a phase 2 box

 

[hatyy]

only parts i presume ..........if you want it i can mail the shop where they make it ......

http://www.bacciromano.com/index.php?p=prodotti&l=eng

this is the most famous in italy ...but where i live there's a shop that makes them for nearly 4-500 euro

 

[Kam.]

I had a straight cut gearbox from them once. Good bit of kit!

 

[hatyy]

it costs a lot but in italy it's considered top quality for rallying

 

[p@blo]

I had a straight cut gearbox from them once. Good bit of kit!

I was looking at these a while back. What did you do with it Kev, still have it?

 

[Elliott Smith]

I used to have a mk3 2ltr Golf GTI with final drive from a mk2 which was lower. Only used it on the road & made it a bit noisy on motorway, but not ridiculous. It was fantastic for overtaking though!