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Originally Posted by Dodge Man
The trans are 2 totally different beasts. I enjoy old school sports car driving so I went with a Euro 915/72. Old 915 trans Porsches (steel sliders, etc...) have a totally different trans character from the '88 up cars so pay you money & make your choice. However, you still have to drive it. Are you a throw back double clutching, heel & toe 915 person or G50 E-Z shifter? I am not passing judgment here but if you want to drive an old school racing trans get a 915 and learn how to heel & toe very well to save your steel gears/sliders. A properly maintained & adjusted 915 is really a very civil daily gearbox. However, smooth E-Z 6000 RPM upshifts & downshifts are a different story. Also, converting a 915 car to G50 is usually an expensive street/racing conversion and generally not a good return on resale value. Just make your self happy and go your own way. Best of luck.
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There really shouldn't be any difference in the method of shifting gears for either transmission regardless of design differences. If smooth transitions, especially downshifting from gear to gear is an objective, the skill sets of double-clutching and heel and toeing are required for either gearbox.
However, if you're of the new school of shifting, where just rev-matching is of sole importance, get a G50. Their synchros will last longer.
Sherwood