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Originally Posted by cody
Let's be honest, all of our opinions are anechdotal. I just wanted nightwalker to know that the transmission is the weakest link in the WRX.
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Scott and Dean's assertion that they personally know of no gear failures is factual, not anecdotal. I personally know of 2 broken gears (wait, so do you Scott!). SECCS member Nick (doubleurx) broke his gearbox at a track- with a complete Vishnu Stage 2 and lots of track miles. Exact same scenario for SRIC member Mike Egan. He stripped 3rd gear after like 10 track days on a VS2, and promptly bought an Sti as did Nick. So what does it take to break a bugeye WRX gearbox? About 350 hp, lots of 3rd gear pulls (speaking of which, Egan's car had about 1000...
On the dyno alone. His car was a test mule for Vishnu.)
So, fact: No WRX that any SECCS member knows through direct personal contact has experienced a transmission failure without being asked to do far more than it was ever intended to do.
Finally, since your '03 is so bad, why haven't you broken it? On top of that, have you experienced Tyson's? He may have the best factory 5 speed ever to come from subaru.