3rd gear swap in a 5 speed?
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Er, last night I discovered what it feels like to rip 3rd gear out of your car. It's what you'd expect. :-P
I was thinking, while on the way home, listening to the chucks banging around in there, maybe I could get a third gear out of another destroyed tranny, and make one reasonable 5 speed out of the two, just to have something to drive while I finish my more detailed 6 speed build. Does this seem reasonable? Does anyone in socal have a 5 speed with a possibly good 3rd gear, or the gears out of their tranny and want to sell one cheap?
Just thinking. And it figures I mailed my bike computer away that morning.
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I was thinking, while on the way home, listening to the chucks banging around in there, maybe I could get a third gear out of another destroyed tranny, and make one reasonable 5 speed out of the two, just to have something to drive while I finish my more detailed 6 speed build. Does this seem reasonable? Does anyone in socal have a 5 speed with a possibly good 3rd gear, or the gears out of their tranny and want to sell one cheap?
Just thinking. And it figures I mailed my bike computer away that morning.
-Abe.
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Er, the 6 speed was pretty ruined, throwing $700 in mazdacomp discounted parts at it, and it should be like new - all the gears either perfect or replaced, same with the synchros. It should be an awesome tranny, all in all ~800-900 invested. I feel good about it.
Anyway, I don't want a good five speed, it's not worth to me what it would have to be worth to the guy selling it. But if it was one of those "someday I'll fix this" things, maybe someone just wants it out of their garage, what the hell?
Anyway, I don't want a good five speed, it's not worth to me what it would have to be worth to the guy selling it. But if it was one of those "someday I'll fix this" things, maybe someone just wants it out of their garage, what the hell?
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A shift, I mean, I thought I was done with it, but I'd hit a dip so I kinda double clutched? I'm sure driven with more care it would have been ok. Sucks, too, since there wasn't anything wrong with it, I was hoping to sell it.
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I was kinda wondering if there were issues with which year the parts came out of - the tranny's a 99.
Either way you want lower gearing. 5 speed with 3.9 or 6 with 3.6. I think 3.3 would be ideal, but you'll spend more on that set of gears than on a tranny.
Either way you want lower gearing. 5 speed with 3.9 or 6 with 3.6. I think 3.3 would be ideal, but you'll spend more on that set of gears than on a tranny.
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Yeah. I think I'll just build an automatic and run it. Would like to tear one apart just to see how it's built, find the weak links, etc. I bet the auto would take 350whp fine if I up the head pressures, new performance bands and clutches, work the valve body, and put a huge cooler on it. Who knows, but auto turbo FTW.
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Yeah. I think I'll just build an automatic and run it. Would like to tear one apart just to see how it's built, find the weak links, etc. I bet the auto would take 350whp fine if I up the head pressures, new performance bands and clutches, work the valve body, and put a huge cooler on it. Who knows, but auto turbo FTW.
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I don't know many people that have pushed the limits with the automatics, it would be interesting to see your results from it.
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I don't get it? Even the thrill of ripping out your gears is more fun in a manual. :-)
Just drive around on cruise control for a while with a turbo and find out how little you want it.
Just drive around on cruise control for a while with a turbo and find out how little you want it.