Not sure. It seems like they're the same name for the same thing but I always see faceplates being less able to hold up to power shifting where as dogs can be beat on while shifted without much downside.

Bob finally set up all the 'trophies' for a family photo. The title of the thread also needs to read 'transmission #5 go boom' as of last weekend...

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1411889193

And for what he spent on those 11 transmissions and giving a very minimal monetary value of time spent changing them, rebuilding them and losing track time at events......he could have put just about any gearbox in the car he wanted to.

"I'm Bhagavad Bundy, Destroyer of Trannies".

Or

"I'm Bob Bundy, Ted's brother. I like stripping then killing trannies."