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·How much HP and Torque can the Stock 4EAT tranny take?
I have hitting close to 350hp and 60kg/m right now.
I have hitting close to 350hp and 60kg/m right now.
I have the same problem as you. :lol:sleeper_xt said:Honestly if I could do it all over again I would have gone with the 5 speed but my wife doesn't know how to drive a manual.
Oh, she can drive a MT, just that she refuses to do it.Roo said:The easiest solution is to buy a beater car for $500 w/5MT transmission.
Teach spouse how to drive using beater car.
Once spouse is "qualified", turn spouse loose with Forester.
:lol: :lol:
You speak of this as if it were simple. How complex is it to do this? Are there adverse interactions with the auto-locking center diff? I have a 2000 and the AT is driving me nuts...chu said:Otherwise I would have swapped in a manual tranny long ago.
I believe the center diff is part of the transmission, so the center diff would be replaced with one from a manual tranmission as well...zorander said:You speak of this as if it were simple. How complex is it to do this? Are there adverse interactions with the auto-locking center diff? I have a 2000 and the AT is driving me nuts...
How simple or not, I am not sure. Takes about 1 day work at the workshop. Lots of Foresters have done over here. But the only thing holding me back is that my wife prefers to drive an auto on the rare occasions.zorander said:You speak of this as if it were simple. How complex is it to do this? Are there adverse interactions with the auto-locking center diff? I have a 2000 and the AT is driving me nuts...
I do have a tranny cooler and I change my fluid every 20k km. Hope it lasts longer.AaronB said:Do you have a transmission cooler? That will help quite a bit in keeping the transmission alive for longer. I would also upgrade the fluid to a good quality synthetic. I am running about 120hp/tq more than stock on my 4EAT for about 1.5 years, so far so good...
Sleeper XT, If I recall correctly you didn't have a cooler on yours before the failure did you?