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Old 01-10-03, 10:07 PM
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i was thinking and got an idea to put a six speed trany in my 88 gxl. can it be done and would it be worth it?
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Anything can be done if you have the money, but I think you nailed it with your heading.
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Re: dumb idea
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can it be done and would it be worth it?
yes / no
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Old 01-10-03, 10:28 PM
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Yes it can be done, obviously all you need is $$$$. Personally I don't think its a dumb idea. HKS (I think, I saw it on the blitz car.) makes a 6 speed autoshift for the FD with enough $$$$ it can be fitted.
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for like 8G for the sequencial one... thats the one Soul had in his car before it was parted out not worth it... just try and find a perfect gear setting for what driving you want to do
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I believe hks makes a 6sp for the fc, around 6000$?
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A six speed in an FC to me would not be worth it, but its your money so you do what you want with it
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[i]makes a 6 speed autoshift for the FD with
enough $$$$ it can be fitted. [/B]


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Old 01-11-03, 11:42 PM
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would there be anything in the way of performance in doing it?
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put gsl se gears in that shyt
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you would get some more acceleration out of the car. With the turbo motor it would make more of a difference
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ok, well here is a dumb question, what is the difference between the gsl, gxl, and any other variation of the second gens? i kinda assumed they were all the same.
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I've heard of people putting Miata 6 speed tranies in 7's. You have to machine the input shaft and do some other stuff, but it's not supposed to be that hard.
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The downside to that is that the Miata transmission can't handle that much power... not as much as the stock FC NA transmission
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GSL are FB, GXL are FC
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