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Old 02-09-2024, 10:55 PM
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Messaged Walter Motorsports earlier today regarding whether they're currently offering upgraded rebuilds on Miata AZ6 transmissions, or offering the "circlip mod" that's been spoken about on here a few times recently. I haven't seen anyone post a conclusive answer to whether it's available from them or not, so I figured I'd post this here for anyone interested.


Interesting points made across the board. Are there substantially more 6 speeds available on non-USDM cars?

Long story short, not an option currently. And if the claims are true, $3,250 still is a lot to pay for a transmission that's just a little more capable than a 6 speed.

Back to the drawing board. Thought someone out there might get some use from this, though.
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Yeah, I saw a post from them on the bookface, soliciting business. Shipping boxes across the Pacific - ouch! Just the gearsets would be expensive. We do have people here doing work on the Az6, so a circlip mod can be done here, but gearsets would have to come in I think.

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Jeez, yeah I don’t even wanna know what it must cost to send a single box across the pond haha.

Wild you guys can get a circlip mod done over there but we can’t find anyone to do it in the states.
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Someone on the OG circlip thread mentioned an engineering shop in kalamazoo had done it. If my car made enough power to necessitate it, I'd look into them being ~90 minutes from me. Ive been told JO racing in kentucky would do it but it may be heresay.

ive tried bringing bringing both a diff and a synchro-needing transmission to a local shop i wont name and they basically told me off both times, citing that they 'dont work on imports' and 'we only work on jeeps and trucks' :eyeroll:
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Originally Posted by Z_WAAAAAZ
Jeez, yeah I don’t even wanna know what it must cost to send a single box across the pond haha.

Wild you guys can get a circlip mod done over there but we can’t find anyone to do it in the states.
I was talking to one of the Aussie guys on here at least a decade ago about getting 3.6 gear sets send from AussieLand to the US. Shipping was going to be more then the gears.
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