5EAT Pride!

Originally Posted by ClimberD

Can't wait to hear if they get the VB settings right the first time. Wondering how well they document their past 5eat successes and failures.

I sure as Hell hope so!

Originally Posted by Rick

Not to change the subject but the freight company will be picking up my transmission tomorrow and it will be on it's way to IPT for a full rebuild. I can't wait to get it back!

The whole transmission? The whole shebang? I envy you.

BigInALegacy Acton for service isn't far at all!!

My office is next door to Village Subaru!! (They're on the Acton/Maynard line).

Basically, I'm here every day.

Originally Posted by fishbone

The whole transmission? The whole shebang? I envy you.

You won't envy the screaming and door slaming my wife will be doing when she finds the bill! I almost purchased a salvage transmission instead but the cheapest I found was $1600 + s/h from Oregon, and I figured it would also break eventually. So this seamed like the best route to go, but I think I will be married to this car now and driving it for the next ten years.

Originally Posted by ean611

BigInALegacy Acton for service isn't far at all!!

My office is next door to Village Subaru!! (They're on the Acton/Maynard line).

Basically, I'm here every day.

You don't say... I work in Littleton, probably less than 10 minutes from you. I'd say we should grab lunch, but I only get 30 min here (paid, so I'm not complaining ). Maybe sometime after work though... anything new on the ride?

I put on my Perrin catback exhaust a few weeks ago... little bit on the loud side, but I'm definitely loving it!

Originally Posted by Rick

You won't envy the screaming and door slaming my wife will be doing when she finds the bill! I almost purchased a salvage transmission instead but the cheapest I found was $1600 + s/h from Oregon, and I figured it would also break eventually. So this seamed like the best route to go, but I think I will be married to this car now and driving it for the next ten years.

This man is about to put his marriage on the line for a 5eat IPT rebuild. I hope everybody is taking notes, because this man is the epitome of 5eat Pride. Godspeed sir!

Originally Posted by BigInALegacy

You don't say... I work in Littleton, probably less than 10 minutes from you. I'd say we should grab lunch, but I only get 30 min here (paid, so I'm not complaining ). Maybe sometime after work though... anything new on the ride?

I put on my Perrin catback exhaust a few weeks ago... little bit on the loud side, but I'm definitely loving it!

Not much new on my car since I swapped the front woofers from Boston Acoustics to Image Dynamics.

Would love to hear the Perrin catback though. I don't get "30 minutes" for lunch, I'm salaried, so no work gets done between 12 and 1 usually :P

Don't usually do much after work.

Originally Posted by Rick

Not to change the subject but the freight company will be picking up my transmission tomorrow and it will be on it's way to IPT for a full rebuild. I can't wait to get it back!

Sweet! Did they tell you when to expect it back?

Originally Posted by Habitual Line Stepper

This man is about to put his marriage on the line for a 5eat IPT rebuild. I hope everybody is taking notes, because this man is the epitome of 5eat Pride. Godspeed sir!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Silverstar

Sweet! Did they tell you when to expect it back?

I waited all day for shipping co. to pick the transmission up and they didn't show.....bastards! I'm going to call them now and see wtf happened.

Originally Posted by Rick

You won't envy the screaming and door slaming my wife will be doing when she finds the bill! I almost purchased a salvage transmission instead but the cheapest I found was $1600 + s/h from Oregon, and I figured it would also break eventually. So this seamed like the best route to go, but I think I will be married to this car now and driving it for the next ten years.

Really? There was one on ebay recently for $800. But it was OBXT so the front final drive would need to be swapped... that's not what you broke is it?

Originally Posted by ClimberD

Really? There was one on ebay recently for $800. But it was OBXT so the front final drive would need to be swapped... that's not what you broke is it?

The only auto transmissions I was able to find on ebay were for the 2.5i.

For some reason, mine when warmed up sounds a bit more like a faint disel truck. and only when in gear (guess lower revs).

Shifting fine and not slipping. I need to get the fluid changes which happened like 20K miles ago and since then, one AutoX a month (only since Jan)

ya know that reminds me..

for the last several days I've noticed a sickly sounding noise, like something is stuck in a fan blade, when I'm in 3rd through 5th gear. the pitch and intensity is more based on how hard I'm pushing the car rather than RPMs or speed. If I let off the gas it completely stops, but resumes the second I go back on the gas.

i was going to wait for it to get louder but.. this couldn't have anything do with the transmission could it? I honestly hadn't thought of that. I haven't had it serviced.. ever. and its at 70k miles.

I will go ahead and add my car and blame you guys for my empty wallet. I grabbed an Accessport and flashed stage 1 and now two months later I have an appointment at TopSpeed for a downpipe and protune