Quote Originally Posted by PhyrraM View Post
I'm thinking the opposite. I'm thinking that the extreme light weight of the 818 we will be wanting longer 1-3 gears. First is already too quick on a stock 3200 pound WRX, the 818 will have a virtually useless first gear. In fact, I can see the possibility of 2nd turning out to be the gear of choice for drag racing because of boost, time to shift, and traction issues. Also, who is really going to need a 150+ mph final gear in a street 818? A longer 5-6 would be nice for cruising and NVH, but little else. IMHO, of course.
I agree with you about the gears 1-3.

I have a 05 Legacy gt myself with a front LSD from a JDM 5spd STI installed. Im just worried how much power the front diff can handle alone in the 5mt. Assuming most here will do the equivilant of a stage 2 tune on the 818 (no cats and a tune for around 18psi via Cobb accessport or open-source), peak Tq happens very low in the stock RPM range. that could be more then the front diff and pinion output shaft can handle. Ive already blown out my rear diff twice and both rear axles launching at prosolo autox events on the stock turbo(vf40 in my case)