Actually it's anecdotal. For instance, I don't personally know anybody with cancer or AIDS, but those diseases are prevelant.
Please stop putting words in my mouth (a popular practice on this board I'm learning). I never said my 03 tranny was bad. I actually said "I don't expect any premature failure" from it since I don't abuse it or have much more than 300 CHP going through it.
There's nothing wrong with pointing out the fact that the transmission is the weakest link in the drivetrain. If I point out Subaru paint chips to no end, am I going to get to hear about that too?
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
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.
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