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Old 01-13-2025, 12:19 AM   #2
Flarpswitch
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I had a 2017 BRZ, so I am familiar with the transmission. When I first got the car, a friend had a Lexus IS 250 which apparently had the same Aisin/Warner/Toyota A960E transmission. However, this transmission in the Toyobaru twins had a modified wet torque converter and the transmission control was programmed to mimic the shifting of a dual clutch transmission. I think the transmission is the same one on my 2022 BRZ. It has a 3.538:1 first gear, 1:1 fourth gear and overdrive ratios in five and six. If there are no other details that I am aware of, a transplant would work. I would certainly transfuse the transmission soon after proof of life or before if practical. I got to drive the IS 250 and it does not in anyway feel like the same transmission. That model was considered a girly car and I took the opportunity to make fun of him when I could. His insurance was higher than you would expect because it was a hard-top convertible and was amazing to watch open and close like the Transformers. What made it tough to insure was that if the body got tweaked in the slightest, the convertible function was impossible to get right. He did in fact sell it to a woman who in short order totaled the car. Just saying the facts is not being sexist.
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