Early Transmission Question
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Early Transmission Question
What year did Porsche change the gearing in the 5 speed? Is there a difference between a 1981 US MT and a 1979 MT? I think by '83 they had moved to longer gears, correct? Somebody please educate me.
Starting to think about a swap...
Alan
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Alan;
77-82 use the 2.75 final gear ratio. 83 started the 2.36.
Not sure about the actual gears themselves but after vin#5000 in 1980 they switched from the G28/03 box to a G28/05 box.
77-82 use the 2.75 final gear ratio. 83 started the 2.36.
Not sure about the actual gears themselves but after vin#5000 in 1980 they switched from the G28/03 box to a G28/05 box.
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Alan;
G28/05 box has the following gears, ratios:
1st 17/44 3.601
2nd 22/39 2.4646
3rd 26/34 1.8194
4th 29/28 1.3433
5th 1.0000
rev 22/50 3.1621
Can't find my tech spec book for the 78/79 cars. You'll have to do some leg work on that.
G28/05 box has the following gears, ratios:
1st 17/44 3.601
2nd 22/39 2.4646
3rd 26/34 1.8194
4th 29/28 1.3433
5th 1.0000
rev 22/50 3.1621
Can't find my tech spec book for the 78/79 cars. You'll have to do some leg work on that.
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In a perfect world we would all have 3.09 gears.
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
In a perfect world we would all have 3.09 gears.
Who am I kidding? My car got under 13mpg for the first 750 miles I had it and almost all of them were cruising on interstates.
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But Matt, how long did it take you to do those 750 miles?? 2 hours??
I recently read an article about 911 turbo testing, somewhere in South Africa, they would use a tankful per hour.
I recently read an article about 911 turbo testing, somewhere in South Africa, they would use a tankful per hour.
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Thanks for the info. My auto trans is shot and my mechanic has a full 1981 5 speed parts car. He is eager to rebuild and swap the whole drivetrain into my 1979. My car was at the transmission shop and they failed to fix it.
I know people caution against the swap but he doesn't think its that big a deal with a full donor car. I figure its going to cost around $3000 to get my auto trans working right (local shop or 928 intl rebuild) and if he agrees to do the swap for around that price I trust he will.
Does the whole idea sound crazy? Is he underestimating the job? He definitely knows 928s and has never let me down. What do you think? I think I'm gonna start a new thread for opinions on the swap.
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I know people caution against the swap but he doesn't think its that big a deal with a full donor car. I figure its going to cost around $3000 to get my auto trans working right (local shop or 928 intl rebuild) and if he agrees to do the swap for around that price I trust he will.
Does the whole idea sound crazy? Is he underestimating the job? He definitely knows 928s and has never let me down. What do you think? I think I'm gonna start a new thread for opinions on the swap.
Alan
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G28/03 and G28/05 have different input shafts. Clamp bolt groove is in in more forward position on 05 compared to gearbox mounting point making it necessary to swap TT also. Or new groove needs to be machined some 10mm forward on TT center shaft. 05 and later user 30mm shorter TT. Porsche wanted to move drive shaft joints to more straight angle and this could be accomplished easiest by shortening TT. Taking both TT and gearbox from donor should work fine.
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Scott, quess you mean if different gears are shorter or longer between 03 and 05. 5th is obviously same as it's direct through the box and only differential is used. Also all other gears seem to be same and they even have same part numbers. All except input shaft are same parts.
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Originally Posted by Scott M.
Alan;
77-82 use the 2.75 final gear ratio. 83 started the 2.36.
Not sure about the actual gears themselves but after vin#5000 in 1980 they switched from the G28/03 box to a G28/05 box.
77-82 use the 2.75 final gear ratio. 83 started the 2.36.
Not sure about the actual gears themselves but after vin#5000 in 1980 they switched from the G28/03 box to a G28/05 box.
My '83 Euro 5 sp has 2.73 ratio. According to spec sheet at 928 specialists, the '83 and '84 Euros had G28/07 box. I thought '84 was the year that got the new BW synchro system. My '83 still has the older style synchros. I'm so confused
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