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7-9-2008
7-9-2008
you got it. the speedo gear is green. and that means, 4.25 final drive baby! 
a while back I followed brokes guide and built a killer tranny for my rallycross car. I have since given up on that hobby, and I am pulling parts off of it for the rocco. among them is that tranny I built, a euro intake cam, and some other stuff here and there.
(which reminds me, how easy is it to swap a cam?)
anyway, heres a chart of the gears and corresponding road speeds that this transmission will provide:
as you can see, the lower gears are all considerably lower than a stock 2y(2y and stock rocco 9a are geared the same) with 4th being an awesome passsing gear, but 5th gear has a higher cruising speed than stock, so when Im cruising along on the highway my rpms wont be quite so high. when driving the GTI with this trans, I found that I could easily skip 1st gear all together, and the gtis 2.0 16v had more than enough power to light em up in second.
I also will be dropping in the solid disc 6 point clutch for some added snag 
7-10-2008
it was really easy once I got those clips and the right glue. dont waste your time with anything less than real 'spray on headliner adhesive" its stronger than steel. 
mask and spray both surfaces, allow a moment or two for it to set up, then stretched and attach. use the clips to hold it all in place.
have someone to stand by and take a million pictures. 
Ive got another trans with a 3.94 in it too. but I figured why not go with the 4.25? ya know?
just that ring and pinion can fetch about 800$ new