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Sti Broke (6MT) Tonight!!!

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Old 03-27-2004, 10:06 PM
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Sti Broke Tonight!!!
I went to the race track to watch some midnight mayhem at the lv motor speedway and a black sti raced a skyline. It was a close one but the skyline inched him out with a 13.2 compared to the STIs 13.3. Any way that was a spectacular race to see in person but on the second run the STI was about to race a mustang and when the light turned green he launched but all you heard was a kinda loud pop and it went nowhere. I had a chill go to my spine as i felt the poor mans pain. His tranny bleww out and they had to push it to the pits. I am getting very worried about subaru trannies and how easily they tend to break. the awd skyline made another few runs but the poor sti only made one. Just wanted to cry when i saw it.
 
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Old 03-27-2004, 10:18 PM
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he broke a sti tranny? **** thats hard to do, he might have just dumped the cutch.

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Old 03-28-2004, 01:27 AM
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maybe he broke an axle, I heard of two people doing that last year at one track event.

we've got some locals with 6mt's who've got more races on them than most could even imagine.
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Old 03-28-2004, 12:19 PM
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Are you sure it was an STi?

6MT's are not idiot proof. They will break when being broken, but they won't break for no reason like 5MT's do.

And yeah, it could have been an axle.
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Old 03-28-2004, 05:15 PM
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Maybe it was an axle but whatever it was it sounded terrible to my ears. I think it was the tranny though because he kept trying to get it in gear in the pits. Anyway I know for sure was an STI.
 
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Old 03-28-2004, 08:57 PM
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was it stock or moded because more power than 500hp at the crank and dumping clutch is bad
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Old 03-28-2004, 09:00 PM
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Too many people think the STI tranny is bullet proof, oh well the learn the hard way...
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Old 03-29-2004, 12:55 AM
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Originally posted by Kay95
was it stock or moded because more power than 500hp at the crank and dumping clutch is bad
had to be fairly stock to run the times it was running. 500hp would be way down in the 12's at least
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Old 03-29-2004, 01:23 PM
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at stock power i wouldnt think dumping the clutch would cause it to break because there are many people that do it many times in the sti with no problems

but just because everyone else is doing it doesnt mean it wont hurt it soon or later
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Old 03-29-2004, 04:58 PM
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miss shift would rip those gears apart, at a high rpm
 
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Old 03-29-2004, 10:40 PM
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We need to put up a tips on how to not break your tranny if your gonna go drag racing
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Old 03-29-2004, 10:45 PM
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If you abuse a transmission, it probably will break. Still it's a shame to hear about that
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Old 03-30-2004, 01:50 PM
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has anyone else heard of a six breaking?
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Old 03-30-2004, 05:38 PM
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one person locally had a problem where he was getting grinding no matter what.

Then again that was after very hard driving and an estimated 300 passes at the track.
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Old 03-30-2004, 10:46 PM
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Wow, I definately thought that would be the last car that had a tranny break.
 
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