Blackbird wrote:
chetcpo wrote:
This 6 spd. isn't the maita transmission that bolts up to the 2.0 Duratec is it?
Negative on that, this is the trans that first showed up in the 99 10th AE and then through 2005 in various packages (sport, LS, Mazdaspeed) and special editions.
It is possible the the mid case is shared with the early 6 speed transmissions of the NC, I have not verified it yet, however, in the later NC generation the trans was replaced with a brand new 6 speed model.
the easiest way to tell is by the location of reverse on the shifter - the NB / early NC trans is down all the way to the right while the newer NC is left and up.
BTW I suspect that the change was parallel to the RX8 which had the update to a new 6 speed as well right about the same time, it is likely that short of the bellhousing things are interchangeable.
The bellhousing is definitely different.
After having a couple 2006 Miatas (NC) on the rack in the shop in the last couple of days I can assure you that there is nothing in common between the NB 6 speed and the NC 6 speed - they are completely different animals.
The NC always came with a 6 speed trans that had reverse on the top left corner on the shifter.
However, I also had a couple of RX8s on the rack this week, one was a 04 and one was 08.
The RX8 did have the 6 speed trans changed during the production run.
The 04 RX8 6 speed has a similar mid-case to the NB and it is likely that parts can be swapped between the early production RX8 6 speed and the NB 6 speed.
The late production is similar to the NC trans, so things should be interchangeable between these two to some extent as well.
Moti