*MAXXD* Shane's Impreza Turbo 2000AWD

[Saint AAI]

Been down after work today and spoke to Jase and he's explained exactly whats gone off and what my options are. Basically all I need is a new transfer box and a selector fork to fix it, but no one wants to sell the transfer box on its own, usually you have to buy the whole box. Nows where it gets more complicated, Subaru didn't install the same ratios of diffs and transfer boxes to all Imprezas. Depending on the model and the year they vary somewhat. With mine being a UK car then its a little easier as they all had a 3.9:1 front diff and a 3.54:1 rear R160 rear diff with a 1.1:1 transfer box. So all I need is a second had UK box to get the transfer box off. If I was struggling to get a UK box I could get an Import, but then the transfer box would be 1:1 so I would need a 3.9 rear diff to match (with me so far)? While we were talking we were stood under an STi Type R and so I asked if that was a plated diff on the type R as apposed to a viscous one, he confirmed it was and that it's also an R180. So if I found an R180 plated diff then it would have to be off a non Type R car as the ratio on the Type R was 4.4. The reason I want this diff is because its bigger and stronger than a R160 and also it has thicker drivshafts to match so I would need those as well. He then said that all that was coming off the Type R as full '07 6 speed running gear was going on. This is when I asked what he was doing with the old stuff. Its up for sale, so I asked if my PPG kit could be put in and yes it can as they are both TY754 gearboxes. So its all getting priced up at the min but looks like I'm going for full STi Type R running gear including DCCD with my PPG gears installed. The Type R has a close ratio box so Area52 are gonna get back to me with the ratio's with my PPG installed in there instead and what it would be like to drive. I'm thinking it will be good as I'll loose some top end speed, gain acceleration, but shouldn't be as short as a standard Type R box. I'm mainly excited about the DCCD.