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Originally Posted by masterdave
part of the reason for the gear ratio is the more European racing style, no one was doing 1/4 miles, it was all about winning lemans over there. Here is a bit of a history lesson about why the porsche keys are on the left side.
Back in the day lemans had a running start, which meant the drivers started across the track and ran to there cars. Porsche put there key on the left side so that the driver could jump in his car, put the car in first with his right hand and turn the key with his left. This sounds trivial but what the Porsche drivers would do, is turn the key with the car in gear, this would cause the car to lurch forward and start rolling before the car was actually running. Then the driver would open the clutch, start the engine, release the clutch and go. Thus the clutch was always released on a moving trans. Then the driver would shift to second appropriately.
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24 hours later , that extra second advantage made all the difference :<)
24 hours training with a sprint coach would give a better result.