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Originally posted by pocon1
hey etla, no race car uses a stock transmission. According to Sport Compact Car, the tranny is the most expensive piece on the car, because a typical race is about 2,000 shifts. They use sequential, custom cut dog gears like every wrc rally car.
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WRC uses a dogbox or sequential shift yes. SCCA and CARS (US and Canada) don't allow them in most classes; only open in the US IIRC. Group N for sure doesn't and that was where Subaru USA was paying ProDrive to change transmissions during service.
A lot national level and lower sanctioning bodies restrict transmissions cases or gear sets or both to try and keep costs down. A good percentage of performance rally around the world is equivelent to Show room stock + Cage, Belts, Seats, and Cell.
If I had to choose I'd go with the Evo if only 'cause it's cooler to say and WRXs are everywhere up here. 'Course if I was dropping C$35G+ on a car I'd be sitting in a Hemi 300C AWD