i need to think about a transmission soon, and i checked around today, localy i have one shop that i checked they have a
99 tiburon manual tranny 42k miles $500 and they also have a
99 elantra manual tranny 7k miles $690 alread out of the car ready to be picked up.
and i had some people e-mialing me with a
99 tiburon manual trany 70k miles $450 shipped w/ 2 year warranty

So what sounds like agood plan?

 

I said the 500$ plan sounds like the best idea to me thou have you checked junk yards online and locally?

 

yeah i did the whole junk yard dog thing? i got no idea how good it is, but i got about 9 e-mails 2 or 3 were usefull, thats about the only forgien junk yard around haha i need to get another phone book smile.gif

 

Well the tiburon tranny will get you the same thing as you have know, but the elantra tranny by the sounds of it gives you a little better MPG on the highway due to 5th gear. Plus that one onlt has 7K on it too. wink1.gif

 

I would stick with a Tiburon tranny because of it's sporty gear ratio's. Yes on the Elentra you will save gas with 5th gear, but you don't drive an Elentra, you drive a Tiburon for its sportiness right? If you pop an Elentra tranny in you'll feel like a granny driving down the road.

 

haha with all the people here that drive elantras here you haven't gotten any flack yet. if the only thing diffrent is the 4th and 5th gear, i might could live with that i drive 50 miles a day in 5th(with gas prices here 2.30+), when i think of sporty i think 1-4 but i see your point about stay with all tiburon stuff though

 

Maybe I was wrong, tanc may have a point. The 1.8 and 2.0 gearing is the same except for 5th. The elantra tranny would be better for fuel mileage. The gearing won't be that different will it?

 

Damnit you bastards. You're gonna make me dig out the gearing/speed chart I made a few years back...aren't ya.

I'll try to dig it up when I get home tonight....*gggrrrrrrr*

 

well.. if you are boosted, the Elantra tranny might be just the ticket. The longer ratios would allow you to build more boost between shifts. Plus you should also have the power to overcome the numerically lower ratios.

 

I doubt you'd save much money by going to the Elantra tranny gas-wise, but the mileage for the price is a nice deal. You really don't hit 5th gear racing anyway.