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Old 09-12-2010, 09:08 PM
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Re: 4.44 gears

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Originally Posted by 1986nate View Post
For one, 3.54 is only used in the SVX auto's and searching will find all of the different reasons why they fail so much. 3.90 is only a manual transmission ratio or fwd auto ratio from imprezas so they shouldn't be failing. 4.11's don't fail in the cars they are originally in because they are in non-turbo 2.2 or smaller displacement cars that weigh a lot less than an SVX and have much less power and torque. This is why they fail so often when swapped into an SVX. You might get lucky and it might last 20k miles, but I wouldn't expect it to last much longer than that unless you are really, really easy on it.

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