Yea, depending on how you launch your car, your tranny should more or less hold up.

 

well was out driving it today, i purposely put it into first at like 20 mph once or twice, went in fine.....came home tried putting it in first at like 5 and it grinded....weird wrx trans continues, as for busting a synchro i could care less, i get my "custom dog box" then, just want the gears to stay intact.......i also have like 50 auto x's on it as well as maybe 100 1/4 mile passes.....trans felt strong everytime, and i run mid 13's......

ONE question though, is it true that the trans case is the same subaru used for its 1.8 carb'd motors? whats the deal w/everyone breaking their trans, are they all ricers and dont know how to shift or is it that theyre just that weak, or have design flaws, or was a big bad batch made???

-mikey

 

Before shifting into first I usually, with my foot on the clutch, go into 2nd gear first.

 

You like the auto better

I was behind a 15 second auto that spilled its tranny... Half the runs my car had on it.

~v6

 

The A/T cars might be slower in a drag race but they've proven to hold up much better on average then the M/T cars have. I know I'd love to have another M/T car. Just not one built by Subaru.

 

Auto's are no fun.

 

My car had twice the runs on it at the time when the auto broke. I since have porbably put another 50+ runs on my car with no problems.

If you dont have a manual WRX, how can you say it has a weak tranny? You might, i dont know... do you?

If you beleive what others say...

I got a bridge for sale, wanna buy it

~v6

 

But anecdotal evidence doesn't really count

-chris

 

My point is (and if you knew me you would agree 100%) that if I didnt break it yet, its NOT weak. Maybe some of them are, but not mine.

trust me... I'm not nice to it... at all... ever.

It still works

~v6

 

I know the WRX M/T is weak because I've rebuilt them, changed plenty of broken ones out for friends and seen first had the wonderful engineering used by Subaru. Thats how I know they are weak. I posted a large amount of pics of the inside of the Subaru transmission on the other site. If you look at those pics you'd know what I'm talking about. The key with a A/T car is to not get it too hot by power braking the thing. Once the img option is working again I'll repost the pics of a M/T taken apart. Then you'll be able to see what I am referring to.