Sti RA Gearset? What do you guys think?

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Oct 5, 2005 | 08:38 PM

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WillysPU

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From: Woodside, CA

Car Info: 03 Blu WRX, vf 34, headers, catless, gc coilovers, f/r sways

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Originally Posted by WillysPU

for those of you with the RA grear sets:
are the ratios closer?
Do any of you keep the oem 5th gear for economy and highway cruising?

I guess what I am looking for is a setup where 2nd, 3rd and 4th are pretty close and keep you in the power band. I do a lot of track days so I don't care too much about first and I never rev out 4.

But I hate it when I have to take a tight corner in 2nd or 3rd and exit the corner out of the power band. I am running a VF34 with headers, uppipe & tb and sti intercooler and I still find spots on the track where 2nd is too high and third is too low.

And yes, I know most of the time I can avoid the exit lag by caring speed through the corners, but the 03' 5mt is still geared pretty tall for the 2.0 imho.

So, do you feel the RA's have a closer 2,3,4 ratio?