Great I'm 40 you old man!

Unless he drives the car like an idiot, I think the 6MT can take it. Hell, if the 6MT can't take it, what tranny do you swap in there?

^^^oh my

Every tranny will have it's limits.
I haven't seen a street STI with numbers that high. I just wonder how much it really can take.

My point was, even if the 6MT can't take it... what are your options? The 6MT is about as strong as they come, unless you want to take Austin's suggestion and convert your STI to a RWD car w/ a NASCAR spec 4-speed. :lol:

Good call on the Jerico there Austin...

"The tranny that lets Nascar drivers run road courses" :lol:

dog box

4EAT

Bunch of old farts!

I don't know that a 5-speed crash-box is really all that much stronger than the 6MT... unless you're talking about replacing the gears in a 6MT w/ straight-cut gears and the synchros w/ dog teeth... but I don't think anyone's even making those!

That's because no one is breaking them. If you start seeing a demand, then someone will.

Now, themz some crazy ass ATL peeps
http://www.rap2soul.de/rap2soul/cove...gtwins-usa.jpg

:liljon:

These quotes are from www.wrxfanatics.com.
http://www.wrxfanatics.com/index.php?showtopic=38376

I stand corrected.

But what does a dog engagement really gain you strength-wise? I guess it keeps you from breaking a synchro, but unless that kit includes straight cut, beefier gears, the gearbox isn't going to hold more power, it's only gonna shift faster/harder.

Edit: I guess those "stock 1-5 ratios" are the gears from their 5-speed straight tooth gearset?

I assume dog engagement included straight cut gears. For $4900, it should. :eek:

The fact that the ratios are changed is a dead giveaway that the gears are replaced. Could you even have dog engagement with helically cut gears?

Edit: just saw your edit. :) I don't know any specifics about this set, but I'm going to assume that the straight cut PPG gears are stronger than the stockers. They are really nice gears from the reviews I've read.

PPG are pretty popular w/ the drag crowd, so I assume their gearsets work well. Also, I believe they sell both straight and helical gears, dog engagment doesn't reqire one or the other...

Straight gears hold more power and avoid the thrust issues associated with helicals, but they make an assload of noise... you know that "whine" in reverse... imagine if all your gears did that! But, the dog teeth are in the side of the gears, so it doesn't matter what the tooth profile is.

Huh, I didn't realize you could have dog engagement on helically cut gears.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...ion-simple.gif

The purple ring has the dog teeth on it, and it engages in the side of the gears. The actual gears can be cut any-which-way, since they're always meshed.

Very good description, including how synchros work, here: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm

I see said the blind man.

Yeah, dog engagement has nothing to do with how the gears are cut. Its just common that a lot of boxes with dog engagement also have straight cut gears.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission3.htm

What makes something have dog engagement box is how the purple gear above engages with the blue gears. The straight cut, or helical part of the gear box is how the blue gears engage with the red gears.

I barely have an understanding myself, but click through there a little bit. Its a pretty good tutorial for a basic understanding.

EDIT: Hah, I didn't realize Scott posted the same link too. We were just talking about it like 5 minutes ago too :p

Yah, howstuffworks is the shit.

I posed the question to Andrew in the abovementioned thread as to what type of gears the replacement set consists of and how much strength (if any) would be added.

I'm just curious.

He already answered man, they are straight cut. Their website says you have a choice.