hey, a friend of mine is wondering if they make a 6-speed for the RX-7, he has an 86 GXL. Any information would be great.

 

yeap. $6200 from corksport...... only 2 or 3 times more money then the car is worth.

 

actually ive heard of a source in new zealand that makes one for around 2,000....ill try and reconfirm that since it was a couple months ago that i had talked to someone about it...and maybe get some more info

 

Yeah, and they have straight cut gears. You know how you put a 5spd in reverse and it makes that funny sound cause the gears are clacking together? Image all you forward gears doing the same thing

 

Yes, it's called a Dogmission.. REALLY REALLY nice, sure it's a little noisy, but damn that tranny is SUPER strong.. it's mainly made for racing purposes only, but i could see some crazy fugger putting it into an everyday driver/weekend cruiser.

-Markus


"humm. 6200$!!!!" not for me

 

no its called a dog box and its really really stupid for the street

 

I thought someone had matched up Miata 6-speed??

 

NO, I have a 5 speed miata gearset in my tranny

 

Is it really that hard to mate a T56 to a rotary and make a custom trans mount to keep it all in place? I mean, I've seen a 20b conversion with a Ford T5 backing it up, a T56 can't be that much crazier to adapt.

 

Why not just get a RX8 tranny and mount it up? Assuming you can find one.

 

Don't worry, there'll always be some jackass that will total an RX8 the second day he brought it home from the dealer.

 

If its $6200 and you plan on getting it....just buy either a lot of upgrades, or just a newer/faster car....

 

That was my thought also, but after checking around:

The Renesis has an entirely different bell housing, clutch, bolt pattern, mounts, etc from all prevoius 13B's.

Putting any Renesis stuff in a 2nd gen is like converting to a 20B.

 

The reason I said to just use the RX8 sixspeed is because the bell housing is the same as the old motors. Look here. And read the text under the 7th picture. Not so sure about the clutch and flywheel though it would make sense that it is the same.
http://personal.riverusers.com/~yawpower/renespic.html

 

 

a dog box would be the coolest thing in the world, but i hear they dont last long... mmmm.. clutchless shifting.

 

dog transmissions are made for clutchless shifting they still last a while because they're built for it, and have bigger beefier teeth, + your could still use the clutch if you wanted too.

 

You could alwasy spend a little more and get a quafie(sp) syncroed sequential 6-speed tranny.

 

most new cars are like that now.

 

Paul Yaw is the man.
This gives me hope.
The guy I talked to last winter must have been refering to the clutch fitment.

 

wow where can i get my hands on a RX-8 6 speed and how many limbs will it cost me?

 

all of them.

 

I'd talk to the mazda dealer.. probably under $3k

 

you can still use a regular style clutch with them. i suppose you could shift with no clutch all the time, but whats the point?

the dogmissions just have like super syncros that are built like the tops of castles and mesh together real harsh. its just like a normal transmission with badass syncros and really hard gears.

 

i was talking about a 'crash box' style trans with NO syncros. all you do is let off the gas and throw it into next gear! i guess you could double clutch to make it last longer. that guru crashbox gear set says 'good for street use' but really...

i think its called 'dog engaged' or 'faced gears' its old school stuff though.

you do use a normal clutch... have to get it into first from a stop some how!