PickleRick
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2017
- Location
- Greenville sc
- TDI
- 05 GLS BHW sedan 5 speed conversion. BHW Carver SantaCruz in progress
Long story made short. Bought 2 bhw cars. One was too nice to part out...other bad tranny. Was gonna resale the 1st one but i love driving the damn car. After 1000 miles of flawless driving gave a p0741 lock up cel. I cleared it, checked the fluid and was ok but obviously i cant drive it like that or risk killing the tranny. So...5 speed swap time. Cel is gone and not come back but i doubt the 20 degree morning had anything to do with the cel.
I drive 3 miles highway a day...other approx 70 miles a day of travel is mix of rural back roads and city. My hwy commute is morning rush hr meaning 55 to maybe 75mph if lucky.
Here's the big problem..i need to do a lot of towing. It will be a few years before my BHW huge flybridge boat is restored and ready to go so in the mean time when i vacation in the keys or my moms place in myrtle ill have maybe 2500 lbs of boat, trailer and gear with me.
On the 4x4 diesel swaps ive done the final drive was varied depending on if your goal was towing or mpgs. Its not smart to tow 2500 lbs with a car at 80 mph. 70 in the clear is good...60 in traffic is smart.
If i do a European 5 speed will i always need to be down shifting to keep the torque range happy with that load size? With a v6 5 speed ill be running 300 or so more rpms but will probably need to down shift much less. I plan on swapping over to 17 or 18 inch tires for a few reasons, slight rubber overdrive, less side wall for more stability and a slightly wider surface are as ill probably be able to run slightly wider tires.
I drive 3 miles highway a day...other approx 70 miles a day of travel is mix of rural back roads and city. My hwy commute is morning rush hr meaning 55 to maybe 75mph if lucky.
Here's the big problem..i need to do a lot of towing. It will be a few years before my BHW huge flybridge boat is restored and ready to go so in the mean time when i vacation in the keys or my moms place in myrtle ill have maybe 2500 lbs of boat, trailer and gear with me.
On the 4x4 diesel swaps ive done the final drive was varied depending on if your goal was towing or mpgs. Its not smart to tow 2500 lbs with a car at 80 mph. 70 in the clear is good...60 in traffic is smart.
If i do a European 5 speed will i always need to be down shifting to keep the torque range happy with that load size? With a v6 5 speed ill be running 300 or so more rpms but will probably need to down shift much less. I plan on swapping over to 17 or 18 inch tires for a few reasons, slight rubber overdrive, less side wall for more stability and a slightly wider surface are as ill probably be able to run slightly wider tires.