ND transmission failure.
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ND transmission failure.
I think I witnessed the first ND transmission failure last weekend. STR prepped ND Miata rolled on the throttle in second gear and crunch no drive in second gear. sounded just like the sound I have herd many times with 5 and six speed miatas with all the teeth stripped off a gear. It was Ron Bauer's ND his codriver was driving.
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Confirmed, Stripped second gear. I just though it was an Interesting data point on the ND.
Guess that transmission will not like boost. I think it had around 6000 miles on it. autocrosses in C street then converted to STR trim on 245 Rivals. It was fast. Ron had dirty runs in the 55 second range and I was only a second faster in the low 54's with SSM prep.
Guess that transmission will not like boost. I think it had around 6000 miles on it. autocrosses in C street then converted to STR trim on 245 Rivals. It was fast. Ron had dirty runs in the 55 second range and I was only a second faster in the low 54's with SSM prep.
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Wonder if it was part of the bad batch. There was a certain amount of NDs with weak transmissions. Multiple reports of them broken on m.net. Mazda has acknowledged it. Metallurgy reason.
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Definitely not the first one. There was a big, long thread on M.net about a guy who lunched one in a stock street car while driving it on the street. There was also an uncomfirmed comment by someone that knew someone whose uncle fucked a secretary at Fiat who said that the reason they are using the NC 6-speed in the 124 is because they broke one/several ND 6-speeds during development and Mazda didn't want to fund an additional new gearbox just for the 124 variant.
I expect that you'll see a lot more broken gearboxes as time goes on.
I expect that you'll see a lot more broken gearboxes as time goes on.
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I kind of doubt it. The Skyactiv2.0 and Fiat/Chrysler 1.4T both existed before the ND was a thing, so my money would be on the NC 6-sp getting a unique bellhousing that only bolts to the 1.4T.
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Definitely not the first one. There was a big, long thread on M.net about a guy who lunched one in a stock street car while driving it on the street. There was also an uncomfirmed comment by someone that knew someone whose uncle fucked a secretary at Fiat who said that the reason they are using the NC 6-speed in the 124 is because they broke one/several ND 6-speeds during development and Mazda didn't want to fund an additional new gearbox just for the 124 variant.
I expect that you'll see a lot more broken gearboxes as time goes on.
I expect that you'll see a lot more broken gearboxes as time goes on.
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