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04-23-2016, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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Transmission upgrade
I'm in the market to upgrade my junk factory MT transmission and ready the car for a built motor at the same time. I've found a company that sells custom bellhousings to pair block to trans but sadly no one talks nor offers a swap that isn't an old v160 that is overpriced even used. Where are our options? This car has been out for far to long.
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There are a couple gearsets available already, and more coming. I have a tremec but it's a custom fabbed bellhousing. Maybe this winter I'll pull it out now that I know it works and have it copied into cast units. I have an fa20 to v160 adapter plate for sale if anyone wants to make the mounts and stuff themselves
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Spencer Fab is working on a transmission swap for the fa20. They've yet to release any solid details but its definitely in-progress. As for gear set swaps, Velox and PAR Engineering are the only two real options, but neither set fixes the crappy synchros. Best waiting for a new swap to come out that isn't a v160, as they are so expensive it just isn't worth it.
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I was just about to say, spencer fabrication on Facebook has been posting pics they are working on a built trans swap for the FR-S, however I'm pretty sure that's going to be a sequential dogbox type of sort of setup.
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Mark at Spencer fab and I talk about everyday and the swap is coming along nicely... Just a few more details to work out and it will be a done deal. The trans will be a normal trans with options to be face plated. I'm not sure how much he wants to release about it but the trans will be rated at "EDIT" UP TOO 575 wtq. and a direct bolt in. I feel comfortable saying it should be in the testing phase in less than 30 days, if not on the market for sale. When it comes out I will have 4 original trans for sale lol as that bad boy is going in my car!!!!!!
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Hopefully the ratios are similar to ours, or at the least slightly longer. Shorter ratios in the trans versus a stock trans would suck. |
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Synchro's naturally won't like high rpm, any trans. There is an inherent "wait" for synchro's to do there job. The higher the rpm the more work "synchronizing" speeds the synchro needs to do. This wears them out.
Everyone thinks HP/TQ is what kills everything but RPM's can be BRUTAL.
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My motor is stock right now but I'd like to upgrade the teams eventually as well to prepare for a higher HP motor setup..
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I know everyone hates synchros, or the az6 synchros more in general but here is a good read on synchros from jack's transmissions. I have only heard good things on how these guys can get synchros to work better than they did from the factory, the way they should work. It's good info, and I will see if it works since they will be working on my trans in June.
http://www.jackstransmissions.com/pa...o-blueprinting
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I have no proof but I'm willing to say a lot of peoples problems with synchros are probably from ham fist shifts and not a fault of the hardware. Look at YouTube comments these days, if your not pulling the shift knob off your not shifting hard enough. I think we all have that one friend who shifts like the trans owes him money.
Take care of your trans and most trans will take care of you.
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My 3rd -> 4th shifts I do with my middle finger lol. Not hard to shift this trans, but I do agree a lot of the faults are likely caused by the owners... Still, Subaru will warranty failed synchros so they're aware there is at least some kind of issue. I've owned so many cars, and this is the only car I've ever dealt with a failed synchro on. |
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