$12,000 vs $4,000 Transmission Upgrade

$4,000 replacement gears vs. $12,000 full transmission swap. Does more expensive mean more better?

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[owenchabot]

*We need a new Ford Ranger Money Pit video NOW!!!*

[max_chan]

Its a breath of fresh air seeing Zach and Justin being the hosts for this High vs Low episode, keep up the good work!

Edit : Mom and Dad I'm Famous!

[Max_Ivanov_Pro]

I love seeing Zach and Justin host this episode, they bring such a great dynamic to the show. Keep up the awesome work!

[jasonyoung]

Hawkeye WRXs (06-07) have an LSD in the rear, it's a Viscous LSD, but it's way better than an open diff.
When I owned an 06 wagon I looked into an STi drivetrain swap, it was going to run me 4-6k in parts which included brembos and associated brake hardware; in addition to those costs I would have had to pay for a controller, new clutch & flywheel, fluids, pads & rotors & 5x114.3 wheels. I also priced out a 5x100 setup with brembos, which would have saved me the cost of wheels; I can't fathom a used swap that costs 12k that doesn't include brembos and a set of wheels.

[danieldibiase]

This was very cool. Zach was the reason I started watching Donut, and Justin is such a chill guy - two of the best hosts on this channel. keep up the good work lads.

[borissantiaguel]

18:01 grinding hears and shedding tears, truer words were never spoken. Tshirt material right there 😂

[sptownsend]

I mean honestly, the Lo option isn't that low, because you get 2 gears for $4, 000.00. The Hi option gives you *6* new gears for $12, 000.00, that's $2, 000.00 per gear for both, but you get all those other new parts, too!

[thebruuumiester]

We need "Grindin' Gears & Sheddin' Tears" on a hoodie or something

[doscpp]

Donut: "these wrxs just blow up!"
Also Donut: "we are going to swap out 2 gears and shave them down on a bench grinder so they will fit in with the OEM gears without binding"

[penguinfascist]

Shoutout to whoever sold the Donut team a 6 spd swap for 12k. Those are usually 5k-7.5k lol

[JamesMiller-lbsk]

Low car's transmission looked like an absolute nightmare to assemble

[asambi]

Pretty sure they could have got a sequential gearbox for 12k.

[tankfantry]

Y'all let Jimmy out of middle school to make a WD-40 plug, nice.

[leonardowong]

you know what could be really funny now that the cars have whole new transmissions? both engines blowing up AGAIN lol

[OctaneStreet]

Lmao everyone's reaction to the professional trans assembler grinding down the brand new $2500 gears 😂 You already know everyone was thinking 'well shoot, it wasn't my money!' haha. As long as the boss approves 👌

[clamboni]

You should have done a used full STI swap vs a straight cut sequential. The STI swap can be found for not much more than you spent on the gears.

[PenjaminFranklinn]

for 4k i thought low car was going to have a 6 speed sti swap, and high car would have a sequential.

[calebrivera]

The smartest play, just get an STI from the get go 😂😂 but it’s fun to watch

[musewolfman]

I always forget that Justin is an SVX boi until he drops the little "I've done something like this on my own car" line, then I go 'oh, right, a fellow H6 fan.'

[gplife]

i feel like i'm on NASIOC 15 yrs ago with this one, thanks for the nostalgia