2000 legacy gearbox ratio

[pl0x]

Looking at buying a car is has a stuffed gearbox, its not selecting any gears, firstly how/how much to fix this?

if i wanna replace it what ratio to use

[readosnr]

what sort of 2000 legacy?

manual or auto?

turbo or non turbo?

etc

amazingly enough not all 2000 legacys are the same!

[pl0x]

lmao i did the thing which i hate to see people do... not give all the info lmao DAH

um its a manual non-turbo sedan (BE5?)

really i wanna know if it can be fixed, or does it need a new gearbox

[Guest keltik]

should be 3.900. Piece of cake to bolt a new gearbox onto a non turbo. If the price is right id say do it

[pl0x]

hmm crap... there are no turbo gearboxs that are 3.9?

i was thinking about a rwd wrx gearbox? would i need to go to a 4.111 diff aswell?

prolly better as i doubt a n/a could break a wrx box and diff?

[gotasuby]

diff ratios don't matter if you are RWD

[Guest keltik]

Or you can just swap the rear diff too. Only takes an extra $100 and an hour and youll have a slightly faster awd n/a

[pl0x]

i c... but if having a 4.111 gearbox then a 3.9 diff, this will make the gears seem longer/shorter wouldnt it?

im wanting a clutch/box/diff comb which will be overkill for a n/a rwd car, so it can take all the thrashing i could deliver

i was thinking a rwd wrx box & maybe a new clutch (sti or wrx) for now, when/if the diff breaks go to a wrx diff?

[pl0x]

 keltik said:

Or you can just swap the rear diff too. Only takes an extra $100 and an hour and youll have a slightly faster awd n/a

yea well thats the other thing, it's not going to take much more to do it all at the same time and get it over and done with

[Guest keltik]

Even with a turbo box, your just going to snap axles or wear out synchros or break engine mounts. Fitting a turbo box is by no means a ticket to trouble free thrashing.

[pl0x]

 keltik said:

Even with a turbo box, your just going to snap axles or wear out synchros or break engine mounts. Fitting a turbo box is by no means a ticket to trouble free thrashing.

Mhm i doubt il get to that extent, im not going to go doing burnouts etc, or drop clutches on dry roads etc, just want it for some fun times on private wet/gravel roads etc