leescoobynut

Just wanted to know if I have a standard 5 speed box or not cause at 60 mph the revs sit at 3000, and im sure they never used to sit that high on my old scooby with a 5 speed box, its a 94 wrx, does anyone else have high revs and what box have you got.

edsel

iTrader: (2)

You might have a low ratio box. Whats the gearbox code?

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

It's obviously an import as the Jap domestic cars were lower geared than the UK cars.

JohnD

leescoobynut

Where can I see the code is it easy to find on the box.?

trails

iTrader: (41)

top right of gearbox above the starter motor there is code...

you can look the box up here...

http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/trans.html

leescoobynut

I finally got to look at the gear box code its ef ty752vb3aa what gear box is this is it a standard box cause the revs sit at 3000 at 60 mph and I thought that was abit high.any help please would be great.cheers

trails

iTrader: (41)

http://spda-online.ca/content.php?44-transmission-chart

leescoobynut

Had a look and the figures seem to be lower than most of the others,but not sure how the figures would relate to speed and revs,and how I could compair them.

trails

iTrader: (41)

chart says JDM Impreza WRX MY93 which seems to be correct for your car...as JohnD has already said JDM cars have lower geared 'boxes so revs are higher than UK 'boxes at the same road speed. The joys of owning an import.

The other link; http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/tyres.html will help you calculate speed vs the gearing which should give you the information you are looking for...if the low fifth bothers you the cheapest way to address it would be to fit a later UK/Euro spec 'box but then you would loose the benefit of the close ratios in the first four gears.

leescoobynut

Can the fifth gear aloan be changed to bring the revs down a bit,it ain't a big issue but if I want to cruise on the motor way it would be nice if I could bring down the revs a bit in fifth gear to have a bit more of a comfy ride and not having the engine reving so high,any ideas.cheers

trails

iTrader: (41)

it can be done but the labour costs would be something to research first...