satogixxer wrote:Basically nothing has happened with anything since my last post <sigh>. Can't say I'm surprised though.
Still waiting on Bruce from Custom Cluster Development to finish my cluster so I can fit my Motec C127. I submitted the design in Sep last year and sent a stock instrument cluster to CCD in December so they could start work. It shouldn't take this long!
And, as for the built gearbox.... I gave up on PAR entirely after waiting almost a year. Ridiculous.
I'm starting to think I'll die of old age before this car is ever finished. I'm sure my mental health is suffering from just "waiting" for things to, maybe, eventuate.
Anyway thankfully as of this week I can say there is some light at the end of the tunnel (and not because I've died of old age).
The plan now is to do a gearbox conversion to a WRX STI 6 speed instead.
Not an easy job I'm told. Custom fabrication needed to fit the STI gearbox and move the engine mount position. The headers need to be redesigned and wastegates moved as well. Will also replace driveline components and clutch etc. The car has been back and forth to G88 a few times in the past months to get measurements taken etc. to see if it is possible.
This should be a much better long term solution as well, since various components of my car should then be interchangeable with WRX STI parts, of which there are heaps more options available (i.e. a sequential gearbox should just drop in, hmmmmm).
Work should be underway in June... fingers crossed everything goes to plan!
Bit late to the party but I'm speaking to All Drive Subaroo at the moment about building my stock 6MT to handle the torque that our cars put down with a TBE and standard engine. Second gear seems to want to explode around the 500nm mark, heaps of US guys are replacing boxes left right and centre. Long story short, our boxes share the same internals as a 2015+ WRX aside from reverse gear which is slightly different, and ADS are confident they can build stronger gearsets for our boxes. Might be an option for you as opposed to going down the STi gearbox path.