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Subaru newby, but I'm a big car guy and active AWD turbo Mitsubishi enthuasist. I own a '92 Stealth R/T TT (AWD twin turbo) and a '90 Eclipse GSX (AWD Turbo).

My bro just bought a '92 Legacy AWD Turbo 5-speed sedan! The guy he bought it from also has a '94 Legacy AWD turbo automatic wagon that he kept. He had originally bought my bro's car to use the manual tranny out of it. We convinced him not to part out that car and told him we'd get him a manual tranny elsewhere to swap into his automatic wagon.

So my question is, what are the options? Do we have to get a 5-speed from that same generation of Legacy AWD Turbo? Will a later generation Legacy work? Does it not matter if the car that it was in wasn't turbo? Will a WRX tranny work or anything? Does he have to also swap the rear diff, etc with the car he's getting the tranny out of?

What's the total parts list for this swap? What I can think of:

5-speed tranny
flywheel, clutch, pressure plate
shifter linkage
shifter setup and knob
clutch pedal
master & slave cylinders, hydraulic line, etc
ECU from a manual turbo Legacy

Are axles different or anything on the manual cars vs. the automatics? Did they change the spline count on the axles half way through the years like mitsu did on some of its cars? Are the auto and manual starter motors different? What trannys require you to also change the rear differential and driveshaft?

search. there must be 10 topics on exactly this. not to mention the(very excellent I might add) writeup that is stickied in this very forum.
you can use any ej trans, wrx forester legacy whatever, you just have to have the corresponding rear diff.
axles are the same
starter is different
speedo cable is different

Of note, 4.11 transmissions are an excellent upgrade.

I had a 4.44 box in mine. Broke 3rd gear so I swapped in my STi V4 tranny. I suspect a WRX tranny would also work but you need to make sure the gear ratio of the rear diffs are the same. On mine the starter didn't fit in properly but that may be because I used my STi clutch but I'll make a spacer for that.

-Michael