shaohua

subaru newbie here so do bear with me.

as far as i know i have a GC8 with a 5-speed close ratio gearbox and DCCD. i'm looking for more civility/economy on motorways, what options do i have?

-can i just change the 5th ratio or do i need to change the entire gearbox?
-if i change it to a normal wrx gearbox, i will lose DCCD. correct?
-is it true that, as standard, DCCD was only available on a close ratio gearbox?

Tidgy

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while changing the 5th to a uk 5th gear would solve your problem, i'm not sure how having dccd affects the gearbox

shaohua

sorry i neglected to mention that i'm not in the UK.

so i can just change the fifth ratio whilst keeping my current gearbox? how difficult is the job and where can i get the required bits?

Tidgy

just been told you can just switch 5th gear no probs, would get confirmation form an expert though, cos i aint one lol.

its a full strip down of the gearbox and switch a cog in it, so doubnt its very easy. there no specialist in your country?

which country is it by the way?

banny sti

iTrader: (68)

To do this correctly you need the 5th gear from the same year car and thats about it. Would be a big job as Tidgy says due to gearbox needing to be stripped down.

Phildodd06

Wont he need 2 alter the diff aswell?

banny sti

iTrader: (68)

Nope as the final drive is still the same on the gearbox