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As some of you may know, my 33 GTR got stolen Friday night, and was recovered with a blown gearbox. More than likely insurance will be taking care of the rebuild, so I'm looking into an aftermarket solution.

I've spent the last 2.5 hours reading through all the PPG/PAR/OS/etc gearset threads on this forum, and I'm now totally confused.

Thought it might be easier to describe my car, my driving style and let the more experienced GTR owners and guru's throw some suggestions and recommendations my way.

S1 33 GTR

currently ~290kw, soon to be more

ORC twin plate clutch, might upgrade to a Exedy triple plate soon

75% track, 25% street driving

it gets nana'd around maybe once a week, and on the weekends it gets hammered pretty damn hard.

I have a daily, so street driveability will determine how much i drive it, really doesnt bother me.

I love hard launches, fast shifting, plenty of downshift braking, and the occasional clutch kicking.

I drive fast cars the way they are meant to be driven.

note: Ive broken 3 gearboxes, 2 diffs, 2 driveshafts and 1 tailshaft in my old Subaru Forester Tarmac Rally car...

Obviously would prefer not to have the whine of a straight cut, but if thats what suits my driving style, then so be it.

Ideas please?

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PPG do gearsets that handle between about 900 and 1200 horsepower depending on configuration. You can have helical synchromesh, helical dog engagement or straight cut dog engagement. So if you don't like the whine then I'd go for the former of those three. Mark @ PPG tells me this gearset feels the most like the factory box. That said, if you love to smash the thing into gear then perhaps dog engagement is for you as these boxes need to be driven that way. Either of the options are fairly expensive, with helical synchromesh costing around $6000 just for the kit.

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