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Beetle Shift Points

Post by Amskeptic » Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:54 am

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Post by vwlover77 » Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:43 am

Excellent! Now, how about similar guidance for us "lazy folk" with the Automatic Stickshift ?
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Post by Amskeptic » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:59 pm

vwlover77 wrote:Excellent! Now, how about similar guidance for us "lazy folk" with the Automatic Stickshift ?
Ha haaa! Caught my fish. Here's what you do, Lazy Man.

You tell me what year your car is. (71?)(1600AE?)

You find your owner's manual. I know you have it.

You tell me what your rear axle and gear ratios are, they're in there.

You tell me your tire size.

I give you shift points.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Beetle Shift Points

Post by sped372 » Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:20 am

From the '71 Beetle owner's manual:

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Looks like 'L' is the manual transmission's 2nd gear, '1' is manual's 3rd gear, and '2' is manual's 4th gear.
1971 Karmann Ghia - 1600 DP
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Post by Amskeptic » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:19 am

sped372 wrote:From the '71 Beetle owner's manual:

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Looks like 'L' is the manual transmission's 2nd gear, '1' is manual's 3rd gear, and '2' is manual's 4th gear.
Now we need to add the torque converter's multiplication ratio. It is a variable multiplier that drops down as the turbine comes up to the pump's speed.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Beetle Shift Points

Post by sped372 » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:48 am

Amskeptic wrote:Now we need to add the torque converter's multiplication ratio. It is a variable multiplier that drops down as the turbine comes up to the pump's speed.
Correct. I was just surmising that they "reused" existing gears instead of specially designing new ones for the autostick application. Makes sense to have fewer unique components across the entire product line. I could be wrong though.
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Re: Beetle Shift Points

Post by Bleyseng » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:01 am

Now I know I can safety drive all day long in my 70' Ghia convertible at 81 mph although its ungodly loud at the speed with wind/enginenoise so 70 mph is it...
Yep, still has all the stock sound insulation and is a really plain stock/time-capsule at 122K.
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76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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