[John Rogers]

Several things conspire to prevent really fast shifting on a 901 transmission: the design of the synchros and gears is antiquated and designed for slow precise shifts. Second, the shift linkage is nearly as long as half the car and even with new bushings has a lot of free play. Finally I think the idea behind the deign of a race car in the early 70's was to make it last and not have to worry about a 5 minute drive train swap like the Audi's do at LeMans now. If you watch some of the videos with old race cars from the 70's and 80's, all shifting is slow and precise by today's sequential/electric standards.