6sp gearbox

[Zanzer]

^^ I would be more incline to work with the gearing in the 5 speed personally. In my Speed3 (as in most 6 speeds), 6th gear basically does the work of 5th in a 5 speed and even in 6th it still seems as if it's too low and could use a 7th. I don't know if that's part of their strategy to keep the turbo slightly spooled or what but at 80mph on the interstate she's still taching up there pretty good in 6th.

[Damkid]

I've recently heard that the 6spds in the Mazda 3's share similarities with our G series tranny.... That makes me wanna do some hands on investigating which usually ends up into another project lol

[Zanzer]

Possibly the internals...but that will be some expensive investigating LOL.

All the Speed stuff is wicked expensive new and used. I'm currently trying to work a deal on a used AC compressor for mine because my AC clutch decided to commit suicide in VA on my last drive home. I've got the guy talked into $200 for the whole compressor assembly used and a new one is $397 for the clutch alone. Add another $509 for the mag coil :nightmare:

The cheapest Speed gearbox I've seen on Ebay is $600 for a busted one.

[Damkid]

I'd start with a simple axle, if a Speed axle will fit our G series then it'll work vice versa meaning the speed tranny can be made to work in a festiva.... If the diff is 28 spline though then it may need to get swapped into a BG chassis to avoid custom axles