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Originally Posted by billy mild View Post
What do you mean by short 5th gear?
Well - before I came across the transmission someone opened it up and swapped out the 5th gear I think.

I noticed that the RPMs at 80mph in 5th were higher than a stock 944 turbo transmission.

I think this helps on a track where the long straight isn't high enough to hit top speed. A shorter fifth gives more torque instead.
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