Sums it up nicely Karl yea, tri-roller isn't up to the abuse. Fine for 90% of people in 90% of situations it seems, but not for me.
Mark: I'd say there are more big turbo'd leons and 6 speed cars out there than there are 5 speeds, and to be honest, the 6 speed box was a late 90's creation, compared to the 5 speed being largely unchanged from the 80's, it's just older tech.
the 6 speed has bigger CV's, of a stronger type, and the ratios suit me better, so it just made sense to go down this route now before we destroyed another perfectly good 02J box.
I'm certainly enjoying the new setup so far, it feels lovely to change gear, and the ratios seem pretty good, 2nd is fairly short, but 3rd is much more useful than before picking up from a lower speed, with 4th on the new setup mirroring my old 3rd. All in all, I'm very happy with it.
How's the k04 feeling now you've had it a while prawn?
Really well so far thanks Gops
I have over 2000 miles on the setup now and it's feeling fantastic! No issues so far, 1 track day, 1 sprint day and a few thousand miles hard road use.
Next Tuesday we're driving it to Spa Franchorchamps in Belgium for a trackday on the Wednesday, then driving back for ADI on the Saturday, so it should be a good test!