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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Good afternoon guys an gals.
It is a perfect San Diego weather day here. For those that have never been there, it is clear blue skies light breeze and the low this morning was a crisp 50 and the high is 72 or so. Just perfect weather. The autocross was fun but VERY tight in parts. One really needed a downshift to 1st in at least three places. Since I have a 915 transmission in my 911 I don't do that. Destroying 1st gear syncros for a couple seconds faster time does not appeal to me. My virtually stock 911 does not need the abuse.
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If you are precise enough to shift without a clutch, with or without synchro's, but without a clutch, then going to 1st is probably not an issue. I've driven the Porsche snailshell gearbox in a 924Turbo I was thinking of buying. Owner told me not to downshift or the gears would grind. I could feel when upshifting that the synchro's were shot in several gears.
Like when Delmar Benjamin was told not to fly his Gee Bee R2 more than a few degree's of roll, I did downshift it, and it didn't grind for me, but I wasn't letting the worn/weak synchro's do their job, instead I did double clutch downshifts. On a AX, I'd do just what you did, I'd rather concentrate on having a good entry, than worrying about trying to precisely shift that gear box down to 1st. If you're not racing for millions, why hurt yer car.