Which gearbox for Race / Trackdays?

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Apr 6, 2010 | 08:58 PM

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The MSM boxes are cryotreated

Orly?

Apr 6, 2010 | 09:10 PM

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uh oh, dad is here.

Apr 7, 2010 | 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JKav

Orly?

Oops, not cryotreated. Shotpeened.

http://www.miata.net/faq/brochures/2...z_brochure.pdf

crap, I wonder how many times I've made that mixup.

Apr 7, 2010 | 12:23 PM

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Oops, not cryotreated. Shotpeened.

http://www.miata.net/faq/brochures/2...z_brochure.pdf

crap, I wonder how many times I've made that mixup.

Hmm... I wonder if there's really any difference between the MSM 'box and the non-MSM 'boxes of the same vintage. Knowing how automakers work (or don't), Mazda may have just shotpeened them all.

Is there a part number difference between MSM and non-MSM '04-'05 gearboxes?