Group buy Mfactory 500hp 3,4, & 5th gears

[Hot_Wheels]

Just want to give some of you guys a heads up they are doing a group buy on mazdas247.com for Mfactory 3,4, and 5th gear. here are the details

3rd/4th/5th:
semi-helical cut
Ratios - (I quoted for 1.31/0.97/0.73)
Power - ~350whp or ~500whp
Price - $1000.00 inc free shipping to N.America, Europe and AU/NZ
Deposit - 50% non-refundable (can be transferred though) due upon confirmation (min. 10 confirmed before we proceed). Remainder due in 2-3 months when ready to ship (do not need to wait to receive all 10 payments. We will ship when we receive payment)

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123838019-Pre-Order-Stronger-3rd-4th-5th-Gears

[pumer1904]

heck yea i think i found my personal anivsary gift to my self this year hehe im going to have to join their forums also . this is for a g series trans right ?

[pumer1904]

never mind i just read like 10 pages and found out lol so im asumeing the lsd is the same as ours also ?

[Hot_Wheels]

Yes the gears will work. They also offer 26/28 spling g series diffs. The main gear is the only piece they may not fit the older g series but that is a different group buy.

[pumer1904]

Kool well I know for sure I'll be down for a set of gears but a lsd too would be awesome . I PM the guy just waiting for a package price and PayPal info to send in my deposit

[pumer1904]

helll yea the wifey gave me money for a deposit for the aniversary coming up this month damn i love my lady

[FE3-323]

I don't understand this. Why did they make a ****ty .73 ratio? why not a .67 or something of a notable difference on the highway.

[Boosted Escort]

why even get gears when the transmission case will flex destructing the gears. Unless you have the plate mod.

[pumer1904]

What's this plate mod I hear off a link avail be ?

[KAinjection]

I don't understand this. Why did they make a ****ty .73 ratio? why not a .67 or something of a notable difference on the highway.

Trust me, I joined that forum and said the same thing. They shot it all down with oh the car won't accelerate or it won't be able to maintain speed or why do we need that top speed..... Then I am even surprised they made it this far to agree on gear ratios.

I want to know why anyone would even need a stronger 5th gear let alone one that could handle 500hp. Can't say that I have heard of anybody blowing up 5th gear...ever.

3rd and 4th gear I can understand but if you have to have a 5th made at least make it something that isn't already available. /rant

The plate mod is a reinforced steel plate that gets installed in the 5th gear section to give the case more strength, courtesy of Ferdi.

[FE3-323]

.717 bogs down the BP pretty badly in my experience. but the RPM drop of a .6X would be most ideal.
due to physical constraints in the case end im not sure what is actually possible for a ratio. or if the tooth profile could be made different to makeup for the size contraint.
but yes i totally agree- no real point for a stronger 5th unless you are creating a longer gear someone might actually use. my commute to work per example was a good 30 minutes of daily highway driving. even knocking off another 500rpms would pay for itself in fuel consumption alone.

[KAinjection]

https://sites.google.com/site/diyoverdrive/

[Hot_Wheels]

You can just buy 4,5 if wanted, i contemplated about just doing that as well but i will get both and make the decision further down the road. If we can get 5 members on here to a agree on a gesr ratio we can make our own gb.

[FE3-323]

https://sites.google.com/site/diyoverdrive/

That is an awesome link! I would much rather have a longer 5th gear then swap to a longer final drive.

[atomicEGT]

completely baffled by this. like, you still have to deal with case flex and ****, right?

far as I can tell, there are two ways to deal with the G-series blowing up:
-swap in E153
-use a bigger turbo