The OP's 915 is probably typical of most 915s. Dino oil needs to warm up a bit for shifts to become smooth.
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The guys at Porsche were pretty good engineers & usually had appropriate designs.
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I think someone at Porsche was being VERY stubborn, as one of those engineers HAD to have noted, "Hey, VWs (with Borg Warner synchros) shift great!"
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I read somewhere(probably Pelican) that 1st gear was designed only for leaving the pits.
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Probably in reference to the 901, with dogleg 1st. At times, they'd even install identical ratios in 4th as in 5th, to ensure finishing a 24-hour race with dinky 901 gears.