how i wish the Evo's could have a stronger 6spd tranny

those pictures make me cringe

 

I think its strictly bad driving unless you have 450whp+ and you hot lap the crap out of your car. Power shifting (worst thing for any Evo tranny), thinking you know how to down-shift, etc. I'm not worried about my tranny and if it does blow I'll know that I caused it from hard driving.

 

Here we go again with you. This is not all from bad driving. Not sure how many times it needs to be said. You need to have a nice conversation with Shep or TRE about the 6spd and have a nice slap o' reality.

Never been power shifted. Never been drag raced, launched it once way back on close to stock power.

It has been tracked however. That's not bad driving in my book.

Normal street driving with a tame evo, the 6spd is fine. Once you actually get some power and heat in the car is when the 6spd can become an issue.

Driving miss daisy types need not worry.

 

We are not comparing the 6 speed tranny to NOTHING. We are comparing it to the 5 speed tranny. When compared to the 5 speed the 6 speed tranny is a piece of crap.

Take a 5 speed Evo and a 6 speed Evo with the same power output, the same fluids and run them both on a road course for an extended period of time with equally competent drivers. Which tranny will break first?

I await your answer.

 

Trust me, I know the craptacular QR25DE all too well. I had a 2004 Spec-V with one of the last PTI gt3251r turbo kits to ship. 320whp on 10psi and water/meth. 2 months after I put the turbo on, I put it back to stock. Traction was a huge issue, but I knew that the QR wouldn't hav lasted long anyway.






I do autox and road race the Evo, but I've never been to the drag strip nor do I launch it hard on the street.

 

WOW that is insane....

 

+1

 

So, do you get some kind of core discount by sending in the 6 speed or are you stuck trying to sell a broken 6 speed?


Also, how often did you change your tranny fluid? Did you use the OEM fluid?

 

I didn't send in the core or anything. I may sell it, but I don't know anyone who would want it.

The fluid was changed @ 14k miles when I did the clutch. I used the BG that the dealer said they used on all the 6 speeds. Transmission went 6k miles later.

Here's some pics:

 

I also was using BG at the time of failure, I believe warrtalon was also using BG at the time of his failure.

6spd owners, don't use BG.

 

+1,000,000

 

I think mine just went aswell going in the garage tomorrow to tear open the tranny and have a look...

 

Let me guess a Power Valave screw in the intake came loose? IF seen it happen many of times. There is a recall for it but only on 04s and a few early 05. If happened to my freinds 03 but didnt take the whole engine just smashed a spark plug. but that engine wasnt really meant for the SE-R, but for the Altime S.