10-26-2007, 08:35 PM
WRXtranceformed Wrote:jongp3 Wrote:WRXtranceformed Wrote:Right, but do any aftermarket companies make different gears for them? For some cars they're so cheap it's a joke... like $150 in some cases.
I see what your saying, as far as aftermarket gears go, its usually a waste unless your pushing big numbers, as the stock gears hold power up to 400-500HP, hell the race car we built didn't have any problems pushing 703 to the wheels, but 3rd gear did sheer all the teeth off a few weeks ago.
The factory GSR, and ITR tranies have great gearing.
So you'd replace an entire transmission just to get better gearing? I thought the whole point was just to get better gears for acceleration / the style of racing you want to do. I don't think you necessarily need bullet proof gears, but I would think it would be way cheaper just to buy the gears if it's possible.
Yeah its usually cheaper to replace the whole trany. GSR tranmissions go for 500-600, ITRs 750-900 w/LSD. A whole gear set with syncro's plus labor i'm looking at way more. There is very little aftermarket support for gears and syncro's so the prices are higher, most people buy factory gears for replacement when rebuilding a transmission. AT least this was the case 2-5 years ago with H tranies, maybe B tranies have more options i'm not aware of?