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Originally Posted by spuggy
the 915 couldn't be made to last for a 24 hour race
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Well, they ran
two cars in
one 24 hr race. One threw a rod through the case, the other finished second. Not bad. And remember, they were putting out almost twice the torque the 915 was designed for...
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Originally Posted by spuggy
the 924 and 944's (which, with the 928, were supposed to have replaced the 911 by then) got transaxles with modern gates/synchros/shift lever ergonomics beginning 11 years earlier.
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The 924 got a gearbox with VW-style cone synchromesh, largely beacuse that's what VW wanted. It was originally supposed to be their car...
The 944 borrowed a gearbox from Audi. Not their best one, either...
The 928 got B-W synchros 2 years before the 911, largely because they quit developing the 911 at all, thinking they'd kill it off. When Schutz decreed otherwise, they took a little while to get back up to speed. The 928 just had a head start.
All of which is irrelevant, as he needs to drive all of these cars to see which ones he likes. Which transmission it has doesn't matter much.
JR