Abstract: An improved transmission for a Volkswagen brand of automobile which has five forward speeds rather than the stock four forward speeds. The transmission uses the vast majority of the parts of the four speed transmission but modifies the four speed transmission by extending the main shaft and the pinion shaft by threading shaft extensions onto the end of both of these shafts. In addition, a new gear carrier housing of greater length and a new nose cone of shorther length are substituted for the original gear carrier housing and nose cone. The method of making this conversion is also described.