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Originally posted by TalonTSiDude+Apr 14 2004, 10:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TalonTSiDude @ Apr 14 2004, 10:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MustGoFaster@Apr 14 2004, 11:21 AM
Getrag
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The 3/S guys don't much care for those things either. Seems like the cones in them go out just as often as our synchros do...and they are a lot harder to work on. [/b][/quote]
Getrag trannies are some of if not the best OEM transaxles out there. Almost all of the big auto companies higher Getrag to design there transmissions in their higher performance vehicles. Mercedes, BMW, GM, Ford, Etc. A lot of auto manufacturers just label their Getrag designed transmission as their own. For instance, GM labels their 5-speed as muncies as thats where they are built, but they were designed by Getrag. Most of the US auto manufactures use Isuzus or in-house trnsaxles in the weak stuff, Getrags in the more powerful stuff.
The only real downfall to Getrags is that they are hard to rebuild are the parts are usaully expensive or scarce and the rebuild tooling is completely different than most of the big auto manufacters in the US. GM, FORD, DODGE/CHRYSLER use Getrags in their high performance transaxles. SRT-4, PT Turbos, Shelby Daytonas, Focus SVTs, any v6 transaxle from GM. BMW I think uses them exclusively, Mercedes has them in a lot of their cars. In Europe Getrags are in everything so any tranny shop can rebuild them, over here it can be tough.
The 3S Getrag is a decent tranny, the problemm is Mitsu didn't have it overbuilt. My Fiero Getrag tranny holds up very well to 400+ Ftlb V8s , 3800SCs, Northstars, etc. Those transaxles were overbuilt.
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