all of the internals of the tranny were replaced, gears syncros etc. what they do is order RA gears, syncros etc from japan and then they have a transmission shop put the new internals into a usdm wrx transmisison case. the internals are all cryotreated to increase strength and the transmission is also torque tested at the shop. so pretty much i get a new transmission, but i have to give up my old one for the next person. they charged me 3300 for the transmission, clutch and flywheel installed....i showed up at the shop at 10am and drove off at about 4, so it took about 6 hours to install.....at 80 im probably doing 3500rpms which is pretty high. i guess the car is wasting gas, but oh well i wont complain considering the rest of the gearing is great. my transmission wasnt broken, i just wanted the ra gearing instead of the usdm wrx gearing. i dont know if you can get a gear set with the usdm wrx 5th gear. yup i went to mpj performance to get it installed. they have installed pretty much all of the parts in my car. im going to be heading off for home on wednesday so if you want to give it a rip let me know and i can meet you somewhere.
ryan
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