PPG Synchro Box - Better than you thought?
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Agreed hard to make sense of it financially at that point. Upgrading from a basic setup with act/oem disk I have to take the price of a new clutch into account as well - something already baked into the price of an inline pro CD009 kit for example.
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that is not really a strong argument. You have to realize that most people that own these cars are not in the same income class as someone who owns a GTR. You have a few very well of people that own a s2k because of the experience but thats not a representation for the whole community.
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If these gears can go a season of low 9sec / possibly high 8 sec passes and we get the oem case figured out/proven then i think its a great option even at this price point.
From what i hear putting in a cd009/v160/t56 completely ruins the refinement of the s2000. Sure you can go fast for less $ but that isn't everyone's no. 1 priority.
From what i hear putting in a cd009/v160/t56 completely ruins the refinement of the s2000. Sure you can go fast for less $ but that isn't everyone's no. 1 priority.
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I'll start off by saying I really enjoyed your content and appreciate the info. It's not often that you see people dedicated to sharing legitimate solid information on this platform anymore. This kind of stuff only helps to keep the car interesting.
Speaking from someone who was highly interested in this being available again (I have been in contact with Tom Perham from PPG for a while now) I am disappointed in the pricing. I like many others am willing to spend a good amount of money for a reliable transmission, as all other options available are 4k plus no matter what route you go. Is there a reason this kit is so much higher than the helical K series offerings from PPG? If you were to break down the fact that the K set comes with 4 gears and apply that pricing to all 6 for the S and the gear reduction set, that should put you around $5900. I think people would more likely bite at that price point.
I could see this being a justifiable choice if the car was for racing purposes only, and maybe that is was PPG is aiming for but for the average S2000 owner making some power I don't see this selling well.
Speaking from someone who was highly interested in this being available again (I have been in contact with Tom Perham from PPG for a while now) I am disappointed in the pricing. I like many others am willing to spend a good amount of money for a reliable transmission, as all other options available are 4k plus no matter what route you go. Is there a reason this kit is so much higher than the helical K series offerings from PPG? If you were to break down the fact that the K set comes with 4 gears and apply that pricing to all 6 for the S and the gear reduction set, that should put you around $5900. I think people would more likely bite at that price point.
I could see this being a justifiable choice if the car was for racing purposes only, and maybe that is was PPG is aiming for but for the average S2000 owner making some power I don't see this selling well.
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