How's the manual transmission in the SC300?
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How's the manual transmission in the SC300?
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I drifted over here from the CL 2nd generation IS forum. I've been looking for an affordable, RWD second car, and the SC300 with the 5-speed manual transmission seems like a potential candidate.
However, I just got out of a 2007 Lexus IS250 6MT a few months back. I thought the car was amazing, but found the quality and refinement of the manual transmission itself to be sorely lacking. Here's what I disliked in particular:
-I had the "jar of marbles" sound when accelerating from a stop (which a warranty clutch replacement did nothing to alleviate).
-The clutch pedal covered a pretty long arc (I needed to lift my heel off the floor to depress it all the way) and engaged like an on/off switch right near the top of its travel.
-The shifter itself was kind of vague, had long throws, and the shifts were occasionally notchy.
So, I'm wondering if the setup in the SC300 is anything like what I described above? My fingers are crossed that it's better.
Thanks in advance.
I drifted over here from the CL 2nd generation IS forum. I've been looking for an affordable, RWD second car, and the SC300 with the 5-speed manual transmission seems like a potential candidate.
However, I just got out of a 2007 Lexus IS250 6MT a few months back. I thought the car was amazing, but found the quality and refinement of the manual transmission itself to be sorely lacking. Here's what I disliked in particular:
-I had the "jar of marbles" sound when accelerating from a stop (which a warranty clutch replacement did nothing to alleviate).
-The clutch pedal covered a pretty long arc (I needed to lift my heel off the floor to depress it all the way) and engaged like an on/off switch right near the top of its travel.
-The shifter itself was kind of vague, had long throws, and the shifts were occasionally notchy.
So, I'm wondering if the setup in the SC300 is anything like what I described above? My fingers are crossed that it's better.
Thanks in advance.
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Also, sorry about putting my thread in the wrong place....I thought this subsection was for performance modifications.
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it also depends on the gear oil. when i had my oil fluid it wasnt as smooth. when i did my fluids it felt a lot smoother. i did some valvoline because i got it for free. im planning to do motul before i go to next drift day.
the w58 feels a lot better then a r154. i have a lot of friends with mk3 supras with r154 and the only r154 that feels good is the one that was freshly rebuilt and filled with redline gear oil.
i like the w58 a lot more then the r154 as far as the feel of it. i would obviously trade it if i had more power but for daily driving and some drift events the w58 is perfect
the w58 feels a lot better then a r154. i have a lot of friends with mk3 supras with r154 and the only r154 that feels good is the one that was freshly rebuilt and filled with redline gear oil.
i like the w58 a lot more then the r154 as far as the feel of it. i would obviously trade it if i had more power but for daily driving and some drift events the w58 is perfect
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it also depends on the gear oil. when i had my oil fluid it wasnt as smooth. when i did my fluids it felt a lot smoother. i did some valvoline because i got it for free. im planning to do motul before i go to next drift day.
the w58 feels a lot better then a r154. i have a lot of friends with mk3 supras with r154 and the only r154 that feels good is the one that was freshly rebuilt and filled with redline gear oil.
i like the w58 a lot more then the r154 as far as the feel of it. i would obviously trade it if i had more power but for daily driving and some drift events the w58 is perfect
the w58 feels a lot better then a r154. i have a lot of friends with mk3 supras with r154 and the only r154 that feels good is the one that was freshly rebuilt and filled with redline gear oil.
i like the w58 a lot more then the r154 as far as the feel of it. i would obviously trade it if i had more power but for daily driving and some drift events the w58 is perfect
I guess another thing is expectations.....I EXPECTED a brand-new $30K Lexus to be perfect, while I don't think I'd feel the same when looking at an 11-16 year old car........
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Well My SC300 has almost 175k on it, but I have to say that the shifter is not all that impressive. Kinda vague and somewhat long throws. Clutch pedal is decent IMO. Overall not a very impressive shifting tranny and when I get into my 6-speed supra it is night and day difference in the tranny feel.
the SC300 isn't bad but its more of a luxury manual verses a sport car manual.
the SC300 isn't bad but its more of a luxury manual verses a sport car manual.
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Well My SC300 has almost 175k on it, but I have to say that the shifter is not all that impressive. Kinda vague and somewhat long throws. Clutch pedal is decent IMO. Overall not a very impressive shifting tranny and when I get into my 6-speed supra it is night and day difference in the tranny feel.
the SC300 isn't bad but its more of a luxury manual verses a sport car manual.
the SC300 isn't bad but its more of a luxury manual verses a sport car manual.
I've heard the 6-speeds in the Supra are excellent...wish I could afford one.
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I'm still collecting options, but the SC is on my radar because it's RWD, I'm drawn to unusual/rare vehicles (and I think there are only ~2500 5-speed SC300s?), and I also figured that it would be more reliable than other vehicles of similar age within my price bracket.