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Originally Posted by radroach
@ Apex_BRZ
Consider that this transmission has a few features that maybe your previous cars didn't have. The beefy triple-coned syncros for instance- they help make shifting much easier at high RPM, but at low RPM, and cold, are quite chunky feeling. A Toyota engineer explained that to make the gearbox have great shifts in high RPM, it might sacrifice the shifting feel at low rpm. |
Definitely not trying to argue with you, but it just seems odd for that to be the case. The Toyota engineer is claiming it's OK for it to grind gears and not let you into another?
My C5 ZO6 is still on the OEM transmission at 55k miles and more abuse than this BRZ has ever seen. It has nearly 800hp, a built/forged motor, and I shift at 7,000rpm. The OEM trans is butter smooth, no matter what I do or what the temperature of the car or outside. If that trans can still shift smooth at more RPM than OEM, at over twice the power and torque, and after repeated dragstrip and 1/2 Mile passes, autocrossing, and road racing (hell, it's still running the original OEM fluid), surely the little BRZ trans could with a design that 14 years newer, 200hp, still totally stock drivetrain/power, and never abused. Just seems like crazy talk, and justifying the problems (like what die-hard subaru fans do...saying it's ok to have lots of quality problems BECAUSE SUBARU!). It makes no sense. There's no logic to it.
