Originally Posted by
Chip
Going back to Gus's car. I must say im very impressed with the way the standard subaru running gear takes that sort of power, Ive had little to do with scoobys so I've certainly learned something interesting there about them to find they were THAT strong, can see why you like working on them so much with that sort of strength of transmission under them, certainly makes a change to be able to really use a turbo properly on a 4wd car without worrying about the gearbox falling out of it.
The five speed lacks a little, but even then we managed a couple of seasons of drag racing from 558 bhp using a stock box from a '99 classic!
It broke eventually of course, so we've switched to a PPG cluster for next year.
The six speed is very strong but a bit clunky to drive in comparison.
Paul's Time Attack car runs with 750 bhp plus nitrous, he's just fitted a sequential box.