Hey I was just wondering , how is the transmission holding up . I was actually scrolling through subarugear's website the other day and they looked like a really reputable company. The only transaxles that are suitable for a bigger hp engine that I have heard off (except the expensive as all hell G50 ) are the Audi 01E , 016 and the Subaru TY line . From what I've heard 90% of people doing these swaps in there backyards and welding the differential , end up blowing up there transmission ( Especially the subbie ones)
Did it last ? I heard that the biggest problem people have been having is since each gear for its corresponding axle handles about 62 hp ( 250 / 4 ) if you do the rwd conversion most transaxles blow up because now each axle gear has to take responsibility for double the horsepower double the horsepower .
As an aside, the concensus on VW sites is that the std VW T1 T2 box will handle up to 110HP input and as I have a high tuned 1641cc on a 1303 IRS box I hope that's true. I would love to try a Skoda 5 speed from a 1980s rear engined Rapide.
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Hmm I hadn't heard that, in fact I doubt that is true...
(I'm using a scooby gearbox in my build)
The Subarugears conversion has been around a while and if there were inherent weaknesses such as that, it would be all over the VW forums.
I heard that the conversion is stronger and quieter (gear teeth chatter) compared to ~2 years ago, and that I could go to 300bhp (in fact I will be running less that half of that).
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That sound like a lot of rubbish to me for starters there are only 3 outputs from the gearbox so the 250/4 is not true there is only one pinion one crown wheel and one gear train all you are doing is taking the rear wheel drive part out so the front end part of the gearbox the main working part has exactly the same amount of power going through it. I've not had any problems with mine.
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Sorry , i think you misunderstood me . I wasn't referring to Subarugears conversion blowing up , I was referring to the average DIY-Weld-The-Differential-In-Your-Back-Yard conversion , I've only heard good things about Subarugears and just wanted to see if that was really the case . As for the 250/4 ratio I had heard this from the Subaru and Factoryfive forum so , sorry if it sounded like I was purposely spreading false rumors .