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Originally Posted by spuggy
Yeh, you can see the damage to top of the fourth tooth in my picture - but what the picture doesn't show is the base of the fifth tooth cracked and shifted sideways as well... did exactly what yours did - I thought I'd cracked a head or the exhaust at first from the BRRRAAAAAAPPPP!!! noise...
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At least now I'll recognize the "pre-braaaaap" warning noise. I drove it in that state for a couple of weeks. In denial... do I really hear something new? Naw... wait a minute, yes I do... naw... "braaaaap!!!"... hmmm... guess I did...
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Originally Posted by spuggy
Dunno - I guess because no-one really hammers 1st too much? That was a tall gearset date-coded '72 that had been previously been in a rally car, and aged out about 4 decades previously, lol...
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You just can't. Hammer first, that is. I would defy anyone to even get mine all the way to the floor before it's on the rev limiter. It happens just that fast. Pretty useless for anything more than pit puttering.
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Originally Posted by spuggy
But it was awesome at PIR, coz you didn't drop to 1st for the sharp right hairpin, and would hold boost right up to the braking point for the sharp left without over-revving...
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Yeah, I stay in second for that one too. Way different car, though, where I don't have to watch boost and have enough torque down that low to pull second through there, and enough "over rev" capability to not have to shift up until exiting that left and headed for the right hander leading to the rest of the straight. I'm using my full rev range to get through there, but it's nice to not have to shift until well on my way outa there.