New Transmission Questions

[Gilles]

Kelly, I am not sure if you are planning to keep your car for a long time.

In my case I do, therefore when the input shaft bearing started to rumble (pretty bad actually) I decided to get my transmission rebuilt, originally I was expecting to spend half of what I ended paying but got a new second gear w/slider ring, and new synchros for second and third gears besides the pinion gear shaft bearings.

I have driven my car about one thousand miles and honestly I am glad that I decided to do it since I love my car and now the shifting is very precise, also after recovering from the tab shock (since I was already broke...), I went ahead and ask the shop to install an OS Giken LSD...

This past weekend I had the opportunity to drive my car up a mountain road (locally famous) for the twisties, called Palomar Observatory and all the pain and memories from the expensive repair bill were justified, simply awesome!

There are several shops that specialize on rebuilding these gearboxes, but two of them are pretty popular:

Porsche transmissions, parts, service and manufacturing – California Motorsports Inc
(actually in AZ)

PORSCHE RACING AND STREET GEARBOXES-GBOX Transmission
(located in CO), these guys rebuilt my gearbox

Good luck!

[KellyC]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Kelly, I am not sure if you are planning to keep your car for a long time.

In my case I do, therefore when the input shaft bearing started to rumble (pretty bad actually) I decided to get my transmission rebuilt, originally I was expecting to spend half of what I ended paying but got a new second gear w/slider ring, and new synchros for second and third gears besides the pinion gear shaft bearings.

I have driven my car about one thousand miles and honestly I am glad that I decided to do it since I love my car and now the shifting is very precise, also after recovering from the tab shock (since I was already broke...), I went ahead and ask the shop to install an OS Giken LSD...

This past weekend I had the opportunity to drive my car up a mountain road (locally famous) for the twisties, called Palomar Observatory and all the pain and memories from the expensive repair bill were justified, simply awesome!

There are several shops that specialize on rebuilding these gearboxes, but two of them are pretty popular:

Porsche transmissions, parts, service and manufacturing – California Motorsports Inc
(actually in AZ)

PORSCHE RACING AND STREET GEARBOXES-GBOX Transmission
(located in CO), these guys rebuilt my gearbox

Good luck!

I do plan to keep my car. I'm think the route you took. If I ever do sell it, I'd get punished on the price due to the 2nd gear problem. So if it's going to cost me one way or another, I might as well pay now and enjoy the car!

Can I ask how much it cost you (without the diff upgrade)?

[coreseller]

Kelly, I sent you a PM a couple of days ago. I also had my transmission rebuilt by GBOX, they did a great job. No one will be able to accurately tell you costs until they open the case and inspect it, mine needed a second gear synchro and some other minor parts and ran $2500 to $3k with shipping there and back.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by KellyC

I do plan to keep my car. I'm think the route you took. If I ever do sell it, I'd get punished on the price due to the 2nd gear problem. So if it's going to cost me one way or another, I might as well pay now and enjoy the car!
Can I ask how much it cost you (without the diff upgrade)?

Kelly as mentioned by Coreseller, the final cost will depend on the condition of your components once they open the gearbox.
In my case second gear was toast ($1k extra) and that increased the cost to $4k including inbound and outbound shipping charges.
For shipping, I bought a large ice chest at Walmart for about $55 (which you are most welcome to use if you are in SoCal.)
If you do any performance driving, you may want to consider an LSD, it completely changes the car behavior for the best.
Good luck!