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Originally Posted by 941LE
All usdm Sti's had 6spds and I believe the 02/03 Sti's that are only overseas are 5 spds. Matt correct me if I'm wrong. Just going off the top of my head. Drone is kinda inevitable with running Catless and with no res. At 70ish it's at 3k in 6th so it does get kinda loud. I know 04/05 trannys were geared different than the 06/07 ones and I'm sure the 08+ are also different ratios too but I think they all share a 3.90 final drive.
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I believe you're correct on all that mike.
Only thing with the 6 speed vs 5 speed and gearing is yeah the final drive ratio between the two are different they work out to around the same in the end. 5th in the 5 speed and 6th in the 6 speed are about the same. Only advantage to 6 speed besides strength is the gears are closer together to keep you in the power band more.
6 speeds actually suck for drag racing as unless you have a higher rev limit you run out of gear in fourth and end up shifting with to make the quarter. Or over rev the crap out of fourth. Built 5 speed is the ticket for a subie drag car
6 speed is the road race choice. Gearing wise for a daily they are more or less equal on the highway.