i've been talking to people outside of the forums who own evo's since i'm planning on owning one pretty soon i talked about performance upgrades and said how i wanted an mr and they were saying mr's weren't good for that. is this true? if so, why?

 

I'm no expert. But I'd say the #1 reason is the transmission. (That'd be mine anyhow)

 

i agree with the transmission, but i didn't have any problems modding mines, runs like any other evo with parts on

 

same as any Evo ix except with a 6 speed instead. it's a little weaker than a five but I've had no problems with mine.

 

there has been only 3 orso 6spd problems that has been a defect that i know of...

i know more 5spd people's tranny get broken.

its all up to the owner and how they take care of it.

i mod mine and i have no problems.

its the same car but with different tranny. the 6spd offers better gearing for the track (road course) 5spd is better suited for track (straight)

i have close to 80k on mine and no problems.

i has all bolt ons except for bigger turbo.

if i had to choose another evo 9 id still go with the MR.

 

how much hp do you think it can handle?

 

like i said its up to the driver.
but its safe to say it will hold upto 400 whp without problem

whoever told you 6spd is crap was giving out wrong info.

 

I agree. I don't care when people tell me o your tranny is weak. I know I don't beat on my car like some people so I don't worry about it one bit.

 

lol i beat on mine at track days and on mt runs regularly but i also take care of it.

reg. maintenance on fluid changes and not do any clutch dumps.

 

25000 miles on my ix 6speed its already leaking

 

where is it leaking?
25k you haz warranty? lol

 

They do not like a lot of torque or a lot of heat.

Same casing as the 5speed but one more gear, that means less fluid capacity and smaller gearsets. Thats why I am swapping in the 5speed as we speak.

 

5 speed and 6 speed has its own flaws. i never had problem with mine and i beat on it all the time.

 

I'm just about to roll over 70,000 miles on my IX MR 6-speed tranny, putting down some VERY adequate power (as seen in my sig below), and I've had absolutely ZERO problems with the tranny. And I'm not exactly nice to my car. It absorbs a TON of frustration. I go through tires crazy fast, too --- so you can tell I put it through the paces. If you look at all the anti-6-speed threads, you will seriously only come across 3 or 4 true complaints, and the rest are all, "yeah, man, that's a weak tranny," BS.

Just learn to respect your machine, that's all. She'll hold.

 

the 6 speed is a little weaker in the higher horsepower range it depends what kind of "modding" your talkin about..after about 450 whp you should consider doing something about the tranny