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Old 04-25-2003, 01:57 PM
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This is sorta funny but since it ended up being a 92 that you got you've now spoken for 1/3 of the legacy Turbo transmissions.

The guy called today and it should be at your Garage on Thursday at the latest.
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Old 04-25-2003, 06:00 PM
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Re: speed shifting

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Hello again,

Speed shifting aka

1) Not dropping revs or using the clutch between shifts
2) Moving shift lever hard/fast enough to beat the synchros

is disaster for a transmission and is not any faster....

upside: you think that you are really fast

downside: broken gearboxes, bent shift rods, chipped gear teeth, broken (worn)synchronizers, unnecessary repair expenses.

If you have a non synchro box like in a formula ford (Hewland) you can shift up and down as fast as you can [I have raced them for 20 years+] In the case of a road car, the trans is designed with synchros NOT to be speed shifted: once you beat the synchros which is easy on an older transmission, the transmission internals take all the torque and your box will fail.

Learn to shift rapidly, precisely and if there is any crunch at all, you are doing it wrong or there is too much internal wear in the box to accept what you are doing. As I've said many times before, do a solo 1 driving school (cheap but good) and learn the RIGHT way from pros: it will be the best money spent on you and your car.....

Hotshoe

Are you accusing me of acctually power shifting it? Because thats not what i ment when I said I slamed it into gear, I was just using the word slamed to describe the shifting into gear, I didn't really shift it that way. The synchros where worn the tranny had 170Kmiles on it, and was driven hard when it was in my Legacy so I expected it to break eventually. I would love to do some solo 1, if I had the time/money, but not in the SVX. I don't want to thrash it.
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Old 05-05-2003, 05:57 PM
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Well I took 4 hours Sunday and swaped in my new 5 speed. So far so good except my damn shifter still rattles, it's driving me crazy. Did notice on the way to swap them that the car cruises at 3,500rpms at 65mph, not bad for 4th gear.
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91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch.
78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered)
90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car)

To many cars to spend time on teh web!
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Old 05-05-2003, 06:23 PM
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Good to see your car is up and running. gonna let me take it for a spin around the block just kidding I already know the answer.
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Old 05-06-2003, 08:36 PM
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Ya right, I'm contemplating even getting in anycar with you behind the wheel. J/K hasn't been the first time, probly won't be the last.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs.
91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch.
78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered)
90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car)

To many cars to spend time on teh web!
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Old 05-06-2003, 08:45 PM
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Ok, so I had a chance to pull my old tranny apart tonight. I pulled the rear housing off to find fifth gear in perfect condition. Huh? Lookin at it playin with it tring to figure out why the hell it wasn't working. finally take it apart to remove the gear and find out that it sheared of the part of the gear that the shift coller locks on to. I can't tell if its a pressed on part or if it's suppost to be one peace. Anyway thats all it did so I took the fifth gear of a spare FWD 5 speed (that just happens to be the same size) and put it on my old tranny and put it back together. So now I guess I have a spare, Not really a bad thing I guess.
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91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch.
78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered)
90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car)

To many cars to spend time on teh web!
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Old 05-06-2003, 10:04 PM
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Ya right, I'm contemplating even getting in anycar with you behind the wheel. J/K hasn't been the first time, probly won't be the last.

you know I was thinking about the whole thing and for me it actualy was a first no accidents other than the time I got rear-ended while stopped for a school bus.
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Old 05-07-2003, 02:30 PM
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Ya I haven't been in any accidents with me behind the wheel either, but have been in several accidents while sitting in the passengers seat. Maybe i'm bad luck? Thats why it's always better to let me drive. he he.
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91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch.
78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered)
90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car)

To many cars to spend time on teh web!
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