May 13, 200619 yr What is out there for a transmission upgrade? Is it possible for a WRX tranny to bolt up and be an upgrade?
May 13, 200619 yr I'm not sure, but I heard that some of the hole in the USDM WRX trannies are threaded, to bolt to an older Impreza, those holes need to be drilled out.
May 13, 200619 yr The final drive ratio will be different, but other then that....it should be relatively swappable.
May 14, 200619 yr Does that mean I would need to also swap out rear-end gears?Unless you can be sure that they are the same ratio, yes.
May 14, 200619 yr a wrx trans would not be much of an upgrade. for strength, your option is basically a set of PPG gears which is retarded expensive. dog boxes are cool as hell but expensive as hell. or you could go to a 4eat which is stronger but saps power. for better ratios, a 4.44 forester trans or an RA gearset will be better. your top end will suffer though.
May 14, 200619 yr Author Thanks. So I might as well just get another 2.5rs tranny rather than trying to upgrade with anything special. I just blew out 2nd gear in mine and I figured with the turbo kit on it, another stocker has a good chance of doing the same thing.
May 14, 200619 yr 2nd is part of the mainshaft so you will need a whole new gearset most likely. maybe have a stock gearset cryogenically treated, should be like 50 bucks. take it easy on the clutch dumps and crashing 2nd gear also.
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