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Hello-
I have no experience with either box but just for another point of view that kind of aligns with what Jake said, I test drove a few Miatas once. The later years have 6 speed boxes. The 5 was fine but 6 was just a pain in the butt. It was just too many gears. To get up to freeway speed you have no choice but to go through all 6, but the engine is never telling you its time to shift. Maybe for racing it would be different but for everyday driving, more gears are not always better.
Aye... that's why street cars don't have 7-speed boxes like F1 :-).
But... 4? C'mon. How many modern production cars (let alone sports cars!) have non-automatic 4-speed trannies? I can't think of any offhand...
The common thing is to use a 1.26 3rd and .82 4th in a "freeway flyer," right? That's a 35% drop in high gears! That sucks, big time!!!
A 4-speed VW box can be quite a bit cheaper... this is true... and if you plan on slamming gears every day its engagement goodies will live longer. However, I can't see any other advantages.
Take care,
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Shad Laws
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