Ok here's the deal I have been on this board for a while and have been doing my homework as to whether or not I should get a WRX. Now I have read that the tranny in the WRX tends to be the weak spot. I have also read on another thread that it is not so much bad gears as it is case flex. If this is the case is there any way to stop the flex. Or do you have to drop $3000+/- for better gears. I love the cars looks and tuning potential however the possibility and frequency with which tranny problems seem to occur in this car make me very nervous. Please enlighten me as to any suggestions you have for better tranny/case strength.

 

obviously those with bad experiences will made their voice heard. But it seems like even people who are driving them like they are meant to be driven are having just as much problems as those driving them hard. I mean I want to be able to drop the clutch every once and a while and not worry. Is there no other solution besides a dogbox.

 

I have seen these but they are still about $3000 if I remember right. Isn't there some sort of tranny brace or something. I have built one tranny in my life and I really don't want to do it again.

 

A simple brace still won't cure the major problem which is the entire M/T design. $3K is about right for the better gears since it would be gears 1-3 and the entire shaft for the input shaft since the first set of teeth are build into the shaft. You can either source the 6spd, the STI 5spd or do the Chalek gear swap. There really is no cheap solution.

 

I was really afraid of that. Well in that case does anyone have a dogbox that they drive on the street. I mean for about the same price I might as well get the most rugged thing they make.

 

Well the problem with that is the dog box can be driven on the street but wasn't designed for it and from what I've heard the average driving is actually going to wear on the dog box which is why most people go with the gear sets that still use syncros.

 

oh....well um....ok. In that case I am guessing that the 5 speed with better gears is the way to go. From what I have read swapping in the 6speed looks like a pain in the @$$. If I remember right swapping the 6speed also includes swapping shifter mechanisms, drive shaft, axles, differential gears and a couple other things, right?

 

Hubs also since the axles with the 6spd are larger. If you can find a company to ship it there is a TD06 packing GC8 with a dog box on yahoo japan auctions right now for $3K.