Driver Gearbox into GTI??

[Rivage01]

I have an 1987 GTI Cabrio in need of a gearbox kind of desperately as my garage took old one off on Friday and put a supposedly sound one in which I had bought from Ebay which turned out to be a real knacker and all seized so my cabrio isn't going anywhere currently.

The only one I can find in my immediate vicinity is from a 1991 Mk2 Driver 1800, and I was wondering if this would be suitable... I know for instance that the 8v and 16v had different gearboxes so wondered whether the Driver would have different ratios etc to a GTI 8v.?  As the Driver is a low mileage smart car I figure the gearbox would be a good one and far better than one from another thrashed n trashed GTI!  Any help gratefully received...  Daniel

[Downsey]

Got a complete golf gti 8v with good engine & box - 100 pound - loads of spares then

[Dizzie]

a driver one will bolt on and be fine. the only difference being the ratios really.

[Rivage01]

Thanks for that, I think I will continue looking for a proper GTI box then, I just want the box though as already have an engine surplus to requirements from buying engine/gearbox combo with crap box!

[Ozz]

If you're anywhere near bath I'm breaking a gti that had a recon box 25k ago.

Tim

[tomo320]

the box will bolt straight on mate, worth changing the fluid and clutch at the same time, the ratios are longer on the driver box (lose acceleration but gain top-end, less revvy on motorway) its worth doing if you are on the motorway a lot but you do lose acceleration