Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Bob,

No question that factory gears run a little quieter than aftermarket ones, however the noise differences vary by gearset ratio. This is due to tooth design, profile, and that factory ones have fully ground surfaces for this reason.

If one needs the quietest transmission possible, there is a big price tag for that as Motorsports ones are oftentimes double the cost of aftermarket ones.

redlightrich

Hello all and thanks again. It appears that this thread took on a life of its own. I want to modify a tip, and got an education on gearset swaps ;-0)
I do whole heartedly agree, gearing is always a great way to get performance, if gearsets exist. This is not applicable to the tip.

Maybe I will simply do the standard exhaust, and throw away anything that weighs anything that I don't need. I can drill brackets, remove sound material, carpet, radio, washer tank, spare, and so on. I bet I could remove near 100 pounds, and buy lighter wheels?

Anyway, it became an interesting read. No, I do not want a vette. Power is nice, but not everything.

I will say, I do learn a lot on this board.

Rich

Martin S.

…but generally good things come from it.

We read, "I want to modify a tip." This is probably very expensive to go into the internals, but, you could always change the ring and pinion to something lower, like a 4.0

Check out www.retro-sport.com The stock Albins ring and pinion sets. Can't say if they will go into a Tiptronic, but they do go into a
993 G-50:

Final Drive Ratio
8:32 (ratio: 4.00:1)

Price: $2,690.00