Hey
Just trying to find out some info on the albins 1st to 4th helical gearsets synchro for my rex,
is there anyone on here running these with similair mods and how is it holding up mods are

my98 wrx
ej257 with forgies
vf34/p20
and other go fast bits

probably be putting down 200 - 220 atw

in the future will be going avo450 or something in that area
just wanting to know whether or not these gears will hold up to it

Cheers

http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/showthre...ht=ivan+albins

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yeah i saw that
what power has maddog got, is there aanyone here thats busted these gears.

was going to go ppg helical, but then i saw these and they were way cheaper, good name and possum bourne used them and thought what the hell if theyre strong enough

cheers

How much cheaper is it than PPG? Because 6 speeds are getting real cheap and they are even stronger than a built 5 speed. You can pick up a non-DCCD 6 speed for under $5K these days.

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the albins are $3800, tried pms for ppg's and was quoted $5100 just waiting on ppg to get back to me aswell about price see what they say, as for the six speed its too much messin around for me

but with the albins i dont no yet havent heard enough about them

thanks

I've used Albins gears for years, so has Tony Flood. I'd rate them as good as PPG they just are not marketed as well as PPG outside of motorsport. I have broken a 5th and a second gear in 4 seasons of hard core rallying using synchro helical group 'N' gears. I currently have a straight cut Albins dog drive (all 5 gears) but in a road car I wouldn't go past a 6MT. Less stuffing around than a built 5 speed in my opinion.

Does a 6 speed not have to be wired in with a new starter motor and alternator?

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It will straight bolt into your GC8,if you use the 6 speed clutch then you need the 6 speed starter motor.

No, you can do a small modification to your 5 speed starter motor and retian everthing 5 speed. Flywheel, clutch, fork, hydraulics, wiring for reverse lights, x member, front driveshafts etc. Only thing you need is a tailshaft, or get your 5 speed one shortened. Who said they were hard to fit?
Send me a PM if you have one that you need fitted.

im looking at keeping the 5 speed, talked to albins today and said they're gearsets should be fine for up to 400hp anything over that the gear teeth will just wear slightly quicker but still shouldnt brake. I then asked how much wider the gears themselves were and he said 1mm, know this might be a big jump in strength but to me it seems an extra 1mm imho surely it couldnt make that much difference could it .

cheers