My gears are:
Get me started gear.
Keep going gear.
Street driving gear.
Go real fast gear.
Go the other direction gear.
Do nothing gear.
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Bob: IM S6 posted:Well, I can unequivocally state that my car has a Subaru engine, and a true six speed transmission.
And that is not counting neutral or reverse.
Yes but not in your Speedster 
No no no, you've got it all wrong. There are three neutrals. Reverse neutral, 1-2 neutral, and 3-4 neutral LOL
Panhandle Bob posted:Calling Gary P, you are the final arbiter on this issue as you own the car:
How many forward gears have you discovered on the car?
How many reverse gears have you found on the car?
Please tell us that there is only one neutral position on the car?
Thanks!
The new owner of Collins car called me a couple of weeks ago after having driven it from Southern California up to it's new home in Sacramento. He didn't have any over heating issues on the drive and Temps were near 100 as he drove over the grapevine. He confirmed that the car does indeed have 6 forward gears, just as Collin said. However he did say that 1st was so low that it was almost unusable.
"The new owner of Collins car called me a couple of weeks ago after having driven it from Southern California up to it's new home in Sacramento. He didn't have any over heating issues on the drive and Temps were near 100 as he drove over the grapevine. He confirmed that the car does indeed have 6 forward gears, just as Collin said. However he did say that 1st was so low that it was almost unusable." - Troy
DANG, Troy, you messed up all the dissing directed at Colin and a good rant about "how many speeds that trans actually had" by our SOC transmission experts.
Add 'Actual Transmission Speeds' on the hit list of the 'Speedster For Sale' lynch mob. Bwaaaa Haaaaa 
DannyP posted:I smelled the expired cheese on this one LOL especially since it was done by John Steele........
6 speed? Ha, we all have 6 speeds.
Yeah, I figured we were being messed with; if there was a way to fit a 6 speed we'd have heard about it (revamp the rear suspension to remove the torsion tube and that does open up the possibilities! But until then...). It's fun to dream though!
I was with Gary at Tour d'Hoe. He confirmed that he only has 4 forward gears.
Terry Nuckels posted:I was with Gary at Tour d'Hoe. He confirmed that he only has 4 forward gears.
Are you sure we're talking about the same car? I'm not making it up. He called me to ask if he got a good deal and who the builder was! I should still have his number in my call list. I'll try to find it and call him.
Bob: IM S6 has a six speed in his car, so evidently it is possible.
Troy Sloan posted:Terry Nuckels posted:I was with Gary at Tour d'Hoe. He confirmed that he only has 4 forward gears.
Are you sure we're talking about the same car? I'm not making it up. He called me to ask if he got a good deal and who the builder was! I should still have his number in my call list. I'll try to find it and call him.
Yeah, Troy. Same guy, same car. No 6-speef
I found his number and left him a VM. I had a 44 minute conversation with him on the 28th and we spoke about the 6 speed controversy on the SOC. He said it definitely had a 6 speed transmission, but 1st gear was so low it was basically unusable.
Very strange that he would tell me that and that Collin would have posted that and then tell you it was only a 4 speed.
Did you happen to drive it?
The information on this transmission that I found. Rancho Pro Street Racing 6V (not 6 speed) is build to take up to take 350 hp and is only a 4 speed.
Mystery resolved.
Ha! Well there you go then.
Panhandle Bob posted:Bob: IM S6 has a six speed in his car, so evidently it is possible.
Mea culpa. I was slyly referring to my WRX STI. 
Sadly, my speedster has only five speeds, but I am happy with that.
@Bob: IM S6 is that manual shift? And does that come with the wing back there ?
My son’s 996 has a six speed.
I never (EVER) got used to that. It even sounds like it doesn’t belong in there, but there it is.
No matter, though.......I STILL had a hard time finding 3’rd!
IaM-Ray posted:@Bob: IM S6 is that manual shift? And does that come with the wing back there ?
Ray: Six speed manual, but no wing. What do I need with a bleeping huge wing on the back of my car? It's not as if I would ever need it...well, maybe...
Seriously, I chose the STI model that only had a small trunk lid lip on the back, for the sleeper look. I have to remain dignified in my dotage.
We needed a second family car to go along with our ten year old Volvo wagon, and a Subaru is a good, all around driving car. First new daily driver we have gotten in forty-four years, so I went for an STI.
All this time I thought that wing was to fly
Ferndale58 posted:On a side note - does anyone know where to get bumpers like the ones this car has? I've done a few searches but haven't come up with any I like.
Do a search of "nerf bars."
ALB posted:Terry Nuckels posted:Yeah, Colin did post that it was a six-speed transmission but he was including reverse...and neutral.
Such a let down- I had another gear chart drawn up and everything!
http://www.subarugears.com/Ratios/Ratios.html
You can get a 6 speed Subaru transaxle with the reverse ring and pinon. BTW, this thread has folks at work asking me, "What's so funny?"
Sorry, Todd, but I think you're wrong. If you read the Subarugears site info, the 6 speed conversion is not available for 6 MT models beginning with TY 85-. Unfortunately, those are the US models.
Their conversion is only available for 6 speed models TY751/756, which seem to be foreign models, such as those sold in Australia.
Jim Kelly posted:Sorry, Todd, but I think you're wrong. If you read the Subarugears site info, the 6 speed conversion is not available for 6 MT models beginning with TY 85-. Unfortunately, those are the US models.
Their conversion is only available for 6 speed models TY751/756, which seem to be foreign models, such as those sold in Australia.
So I can't buy one of the 6 speeds that they do modify? Or it can't be imported? Or?
Darn!
I think you can get it shipped from Australia call Todd at Subarugears and it would come all done up ready for you. There may or may not be custom
IaM-Ray posted:I think you can get it shipped from Australia call Todd at Subarugears and it would come all done up ready for you. There may or may not be custom
Subiworks, a distributor of SubaruGears in the USA, is located about an hour from my house, so if I was serious about obtaining one, I could probably head over there and ask.
Todd M posted:Jim Kelly posted:Sorry, Todd, but I think you're wrong. If you read the Subarugears site info, the 6 speed conversion is not available for 6 MT models beginning with TY 85-. Unfortunately, those are the US models.
Their conversion is only available for 6 speed models TY751/756, which seem to be foreign models, such as those sold in Australia.
So I can't buy one of the 6 speeds that they do modify? Or it can't be imported? Or?
Darn!
If your car has a rear torsion tube maybe the first thing to ask is if it will even fit?
Todd M posted:IaM-Ray posted:I think you can get it shipped from Australia call Todd at Subarugears and it would come all done up ready for you. There may or may not be custom
Subiworks, a distributor of SubaruGears in the USA, is located about an hour from my house, so if I was serious about obtaining one, I could probably head over there and ask.
I know Subiworks they did some for work for me. So, if you live that close, then a call to Todd and you get the info right from the horses mouth so to speak and if he tells you it can be done than you can have him instruct those guys on what to do. There is a guy in alberta who did one in a vanagon. I would think it went to Subiworks. Just saying.
It’s probably an Albin as the have 5 and 6 speed sequential trannys that can be laid out in either mid or rear motor configuration.