NA6 5spd and NA8 5spd....identical?

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NA6 5spd and NA8 5spd....identical?

Postby FMS01 » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:42 am

As the title says, are the NA6 5spd and NA8 5spd identical (strength, ratios, reliability)? I'm looking at picking up a low k's NA6 spd as a spare for my NA8.

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Postby Garry » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:56 am

There were some synchro problems with the very early NA6 boxes that got resolved with the later models
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Postby Li7hium » Wed May 07, 2008 1:15 pm

Is that a \"yes\", Garry?
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Postby StanTheMan » Wed May 07, 2008 1:24 pm

to me thats a no Lithium

later gearboxes don't suffer from the syncro crunch
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Postby Boyracer » Wed May 07, 2008 1:38 pm

NA8 gearbox have double syncro on second...much better gearbox.
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Postby Li7hium » Wed May 07, 2008 2:08 pm

StanTheMan wrote:later gearboxes don't suffer from the syncro crunch


NA8 box here that has a SERIOUS 3rd gear synchro crunch. Off for repairs next week :cry:

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