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Porsche put a 4spd in the 930 because it was what they could fit. They were a small company without deep pockets. They had started racing turbo rsrs with 915s and couldn’t get them to last a 24 hour race. They needed wider gears, and in order to fit the gearbox in the same space within the existing chassis it could only have 4 of them. It was a practical decision, not a performance driven one. The 917, 908, 910, and everything else was 5spd. The 930 was a compromise based on nothing more than the chassis.
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1974 914 Bumble Bee
2009 Outback XT
2008 Cayman S shop test Mule
1996 WRX V-limited 450/1000
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