OK, the flip side. Who has NOT had any gearbox problems?
OK, the flip side. Who has NOT had any gearbox problems?
I'm interested in knowing who has blasted merrily along with their WRXs and had no problems with the 5mt. List mileage and any mods too. Gotta get more data points here.......
Thanks,
-M
Thanks,
-M
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From: San Jose, CA
Car Info: Impreza WRX 2003
6900 miles
I drive this car everyday, be it highway 17, town driving, or going up into the santa cruz mountians. I have had no problems with my tranny, clutch, or nothin. I have done some racin in it and i will admit to droppin the clutch once. The only mods i got are the ones on scoobymods. I got the silencer mod, the 3/16th mod. In about a month i will have an intake, turbo back exhaust, BC, IC hoses, and maybe a new pulley.
I drive this car everyday, be it highway 17, town driving, or going up into the santa cruz mountians. I have had no problems with my tranny, clutch, or nothin. I have done some racin in it and i will admit to droppin the clutch once. The only mods i got are the ones on scoobymods. I got the silencer mod, the 3/16th mod. In about a month i will have an intake, turbo back exhaust, BC, IC hoses, and maybe a new pulley.
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From: blaine,WA
Car Info: 2002 wrx wagon black
my car has over 35k know but i had my clutch changed at 18.5k but the dealer replaced it under warranty mods are full turbo back no cats mbc sti engine tranny pitch and rear diff mounts. car is sitting on h&R springs on stock struts wheel 17s 225/45/17s right know have 235/40/17s run the car pretty hard when i need to drag racing and so on took the 155mph+ cheers
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28000 and I have had mild clutch shudder for about 21000 of those miles its documented and appears not to be a problem. and yes i do baby the car on maintenance. But i also life in SF, track the car and beat on it pretty hard so i figure its about even.
had 30k hard miles on my tranny, no signs of breakage on the tranny, clutch had the shudder though. i replaced it at 30k for an act, didnt have to, just wanted to before it did go
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From: Reno, NV
Car Info: 1993/2000/2001 GF4 mostly red
Ok, so it's an RS... but still... I made a habit of doing full-on redline powershifts (halfway down clutch, no throttle lift) from about 2,000 miles to maybe 18-19,000 miles when I realized I DIDN'T have a full sequential rally gearbox. So far, no problems. Passed 35k just before I got my clutch replaced under the TSB. No grinding, no balky synchros. We'll see how it holds up to the future 10 psi turbo though. 
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From: Plymouth, MN
Car Info: 94 T-Leg Sedan and a 00 M5
10k miles. Drive it EVERY day. Do Auto-x every month, drag races 2-3 times a month (I've got somewhere between 40-50 launches) and drive it hard. Before I knew better I did a 5-6k clutch dump twice, never since. I also drive the car HARD whenever I get the chance (early morning drive to work=no other cars 
) and do regular maintenance (synth oil changes every 5k miles, checking fluids and underside of car often) Haven't changed the gear oil, yet, but next weekend is track day so I may do it prior.
NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THE TRANSMISSION
) and do regular maintenance (synth oil changes every 5k miles, checking fluids and underside of car often) Haven't changed the gear oil, yet, but next weekend is track day so I may do it prior.NO PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH THE TRANSMISSION
Originally posted by prodrive121
fp turbo
what does this mean, fully ported?
sorry for the dumb question
fp turbo
what does this mean, fully ported?
sorry for the dumb question
