4.44 or 5MT?!?!

[Michael Blue]

Hey there!

My beautiful but currently sad '92 Pearlie is down for the count...Transmission, front and center diff, and front CV joints...When it rains, it pours.

I'm in the Midwestern wasteland of SVX oblivion; there aren't even many Subarus of ANY kind here, much less our Giugiaro-designed space ships!!
So there isn't anyone here who knows what they are or how to properly work on them.

I'm probably going to have Budfreak put in a 4.44 or 4.11 conversion with his external cooler and filter, but I wondered if he or anyone else could do a complete 5MT swap for about the same money.

I'm shipping the car to Ohio for him, so about the same distance from IL would be no big deal if someone else can do a 5MT.

I'd have about $2K TOTAL including parts and labor...

Let me know if you (or someone you know of) could do a 5MT for about that.

At this point, I'm just looking forward to having her back on the road, but I'd like to never have to deal with trans issues again.

Thanks!

[svxcess]

Originally Posted by Michael Blue

Hey there!

My beautiful but currently sad '92 Pearlie is down for the count...Transmission, front and center diff, and front CV joints...When it rains, it pours.

I'm in the Midwestern wasteland of SVX oblivion; there aren't even many Subarus of ANY kind here, much less our Giugiaro-designed space ships!!
So there isn't anyone here who knows what they are or how to properly work on them.

I'm probably going to have Budfreak put in a 4.44 or 4.11 conversion with his external cooler and filter, but I wondered if he or anyone else could do a complete 5MT swap for about the same money. NO. A price of a good 5-speed WRX tranny alone is about $1500.

I'm shipping the car to Ohio for him, so about the same distance from IL would be no big deal if someone else can do a 5MT.

I'd have about $2K TOTAL including parts and labor. For this amount, you should be able to get the complete 4.44 swap and your CV joints.

Let me know if you (or someone you know of) could do a 5MT for about that. We would all like to know that! You maybe could find someone to do it if you supplied all the parts.

At this point, I'm just looking forward to having her back on the road, but I'd like to never have to deal with trans issues again.

Stick with the 4.44 swap. You will not be sorry.It is the most bang for your buck as far as performance and reliability go. Everyone I know (including my son's pearlie) has loved it. Newsvx just had it done for his 92 for autocrossing and track use. He is very impressed and satisfied as well. With the 4.44 you get
........36% more torque in first gear
........31% more torque in second gear
........25% more torque in third gear
........25% more torque in fourth gear


A 5MT/6MT swap with all the parts and labor should be around $5000. Here is a list of parts needed for the swap:

▪ 5/6mt assembly
▪ 5/6mt shift linkage
▪ 5/6mt starter
▪ Helicoil kit for starter stud (late model transmissions)
▪ 5/6mt slave cylinder (hydro only)
▪ 5/6mt Master cylinder (hydro only)
▪ Hydro clutch line (both hard line and soft lines)
▪ Neutral Safety Switch (for pedal box)
▪ Brake/Clutch Pedal assembly
▪ Clutch Kit (disk, pressure plate, throwout bearing, pilot bearing)
▪ Flywheel (transmission specific)
▪ Flywheel bolts (longer than flex plate bolts)
▪ Pressure plate bolts
▪ Transmission mount
▪ Rear shift linkage mount (stock or homemade)
▪ Matching rear differential (n/a for wrx transmissions)
▪ 2" extended driveshaft
▪ 5/6 quarts of gear oil

... and labor at around $2500
..

[AlcyoneDaze]

Wow... I was thinking more like $1k for the transmission and differential out of a Forester/Outback, maybe a couple hundred for missing/fukt parts and $1800 for TOMSVX to install it.

Is 3k more reasonable than 5-6k? thats a big difference

[Crazy_pilot]

It CAN be done for much cheaper than 5-6K, from what I've read. A cable clutch, slightly older trans, if you can get into some sort of U-Pull yard and yank your own trans and parts you may be able to save a ton on parts, if you're up for some wrenching.

All other things being equal, I'd go for a manual trans. I'll take a manual anything over it's auto equivalent any day.

[Nomake Wan]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

My Shop is now open for business. I am not containing this merely to working on cars but also produing parts.

5/6mt kits will be available... (may want to check the thread in my signature for more deatails)-$800

Rear Bearing Full Assemblies(Full hub minus the parking brake with new bearings pressed in and seals)- $500

Group N motor mounts (Mounts along with modified SVX brackets) $200

Possibly headers... I will be toying with headers on my silver to increase exhaust flow and they may be available through me- $TBD

ok now for the actual labor on the car

5mt conversion- $1800
6mt conversion- $2000
auto replacement- $500
Auto upgrade(4.11/4.44)- $800
Engine replacement- $500
Stage 3 install- $300
Timing belt/waterpump/frontseal replacement $250

Anything else will usually be charged hourly, $75 per hour and I will garentee my work but not used parts. Any questions please feel free to PM me.

Your loyal SVX mechanic

Tom

So is Tom still doing these?

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by Nomake Wan

So is Tom still doing these?

yes.......