blew my 5 speed.. now what?

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09-05-2014, 10:34 PM

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i would not throw an oil cooler on.. your better off with a koyo rad with newer ish hoses.. unless you have 500+ to the wheels and running track..

what?

09-05-2014, 10:39 PM

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you wanna do drag racing? One you have the wrong car but you need a jdm 5 speed which will break eventually or a 6 speed from a v7 then.

wrong car?? this is the perfect car for drag and track days.. on street tires..

i love taking my wrx to sanoma.

09-05-2014, 10:42 PM

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RA gears

09-05-2014, 10:43 PM

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what?

ive never had a heat issue at the track with stock setup.. my temps have never went up this summer and its been pretty hot this year.. and i run it pretty hard..but if you have the money.. more power to you

09-05-2014, 11:03 PM

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Overbear... Name one car available on the market that has a precore fan.

OP, I still have no clue wth you're getting at.

09-06-2014, 12:16 AM

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This +1 ive driven an 04 with the 09 gear set w/ a new clutch from fw and it was butter.. Felt like I had been driving it for 2 years, ask Slugrx about it

My setup has 60k on it haha it's that nice it feels way better

Being able to hit 95 mph in 3rd gear is awesome

09-06-2014, 12:19 AM

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Or..

You can rebuild the 02 with STOCK gears, put on blast plates, just like Moore performance has going and be just fine. Its not a glass transmission, its the way people drive on them that makes them go BOOM.

That and the case. The case twists. Get something on there to brace it and you're solid.

But if I had to rebuild my trans I'd have Paul do it. That set up is killer.

09-06-2014, 01:55 AM

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If I had the money I would get the JDM tranny with the 4.44 final drive. Hate cruising on the freeway at 3k+.

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09-06-2014, 03:55 AM

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Overbear... Name one car available on the market that has a precore fan.

first year LaBaron used them, as do all models of the Lamborghini Countach. Oddly the Lambo uses a push/pull setup, made by Spal of course. Of course you also find them OEM in a ton of large rigs (push/pull), heavy equipment (again push/pull) and almost all modern military setups.

Keep in mind, your fallacy of "if it worked, they would do it from the factory" is wrong, OEM is done to keep costs down, or...did Subaru start putting forged pistons in from the factory and I missed the memo?

09-06-2014, 04:00 AM

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If I had the money I would get the JDM tranny with the 4.44 final drive. Hate cruising on the freeway at 3k+.

wait...hold up a moment. You do understand that 4.44 final drive ratio is SHORTER than the 3.90 your car came with yes? That means the 4.44 is going to be at a higher RPM than your OEM going down the freeway.

How are you at 3000+? even with my 4.44's and -1 sized tires (overall) from OEM, I am at exactly 3000@70mph

09-06-2014, 10:00 AM

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If you can afford it, the 6 speed is a no brainer..

agreed

09-06-2014, 10:03 AM

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You can either go 6 speed or try to find the unicorn like me (jdm ra 5 speed with dccd and r180 diff with the better case TY754s). 6 speed is likely the easier option with them being readily available. Also if you can find a r160 3.9 rear diff from a manual 2.2L impreza, you can slap that on with a jdm 6 speed and keep your axles/hubs for the cheapest route.