Cheers Haribo! I hate 4 speed boxes but I guess the Eco gear means you don't have to sit on the redline on the motorway!
Anybody know if a GTI gearbox would bolt onto the 1.8 carb engines and whether they would like the gear ratios?
they fit, the block is the same alot of 1.6/1.8 carb and gti engine parts mix and match.
heres one for you, I had a 16v gti which had a 1.6 carb gearbox on it, it came with it, the car was much better when i put the right box on it.
Im not sure if its better or worse with a gti box on carb engine tho... might be :p
Only one way to find out! After a bit of googling it would seem that GTI boxes are closer ratio for acceleration and carb boxes are more cruisy with longer gears. So in theory the GTI box would make the carb engine more nippy, sounds too easy though right?
Found a great site on 020 boxes: http://www.brokevw.com/020ratios.html
Yeh that sounds about right in theory :p
