I want to punch someone every time I read "G50"

[dwelle]

Originally Posted by pmax

Wtf is wrong with you?

i'll just leave this here...

[Matt Monson]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jmsKeRIQp-M

[pmax]

Link to the other "hate" thread !

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-marketplace-discussion/1043650-2014-water-pumper-hate-seems-have-entirely-died-off.html

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by dwelle

i'll just leave this here...

Where's the like button?

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by dwelle

i'll just leave this here...

Ask yourself the same thing.

[dwelle]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Ask yourself the same thing.

didn't ask a question, shug...

[juanbenae]

really seaniemax, what type of thrill do you feel when you bump one of these long lost threads? is it like a happy ending at the china shuttle, hitting a three to seal a pick up game, or is your life so empty i can't even begin to imagine what turns your crank in these matters??

now for something to log an hour with that's not a shifting video, not a cappy caveman video, or any other garbage ol seaniemax can dig up. i can search and bump old threads too max...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/california-southwest-us-az-nv/443725-plunge.html

you know what would be a cool thread to have bumped? the one(s) where miagi takes ol sean to the wood shed for dispersing inaccurate CIS takes. those rule!

[pmax]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Ask yourself the same thing.

G50, that's why.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by juanbenae

really seaniemax, what type of thrill do you feel when you bump one of these long lost threads? is it like a happy ending at the china shuttle, hitting a three to seal a pick up game, or is your life so empty i can't even begin to imagine what turns your crank in these matters??

now for something to log an hour with that's not a shifting video, not a cappy caveman video, or any other garbage ol seaniemax can dig up. i can search and bump old threads too max...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/california-southwest-us-az-nv/443725-plunge.html

you know what would be a cool thread to have bumped? the one(s) where miagi takes ol sean to the wood shed for dispersing inaccurate CIS takes. those rule!

Thread was all on topic until MM or someone started posting pics of his smoker !

That's why.

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by dwelle

didn't ask a question, shug...

Make sure you bump this thread early and often.
Put a recurring event in your calendar right now.

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by pmax

Thread was all on topic until MM or someone started posting pics of his smoker !

That's why.

Nice revisionist history. You were the one who took it to the weeds.

[dwelle]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Make sure you bump this thread early and often.
Put a recurring event in your calendar right now.

bump...

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Nice revisionist history. You were the one who took it to the weeds.

So you're saying that pNutz is similar to Pres. Trump?!?! How mean!!!

BUMP!!!

[BLACK3.2]

I saw a G50 transmission making out with your sister behind a dumpster. True story.

[Matt Monson]

Anyone got a lead on a decent G50 core gearbox? One of my Aussie mates needs a new one.

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by dwelle

bump...

[MotorWorks]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

LOL, I've updated my signature.

And no G50 envy here.
I'll quote my old 915 post:


A correctly adjusted and serviced 915 is a perfectly good gearbox. It was in production for the better part of 2 decades. It is not defective. It was not recalled. It was not subject to lemon laws. Contrary to internet folklore, remarkably, it actually does shifts the gears. Go figure! Are you going to be shifting with lighting precision where every 1/10 second counts? No, you are not. If you were, you wouldn't be looking at a 30 year old car in the first place, and you'd be driving a modern car with triple the horsepower and PDK, like the pros. If you get a 915 and it's worn out or needing adjustment, just get that fixed. Reliability of the G50 vs 915? The bottom line is that if either gearbox needs service, you're looking at thousands to get it fixed.

If you can operate a clutch, you can drive a 915. Period. Sure, it might take a minute to adjust to the heavier pedal and looser throw, but it's just a gearbox, not some arcane medieval abacus contraption that people can't operate without an long apprenticeship and flight training. The internet anti-hype surrounding the 915 borders on ludicrous. I don't have to pause between gears when shifting my 915 gearbox. I just shift. I can also shift into 1st while rolling to a stop. Unless a pre-G50 tranny is defective or badly in need or service, anyone can drive it.

Here is a premise worth considering. Some buyers say they are used to a modern Honda gearbox, and that's why they prefer to find a G50. I'll suggest that the entire point of getting an air cooled 911 (and paying top dollar for the privilege) is to have a vintage "leather goggles" driving experience. No power steering. Suspension firmness opposite of "floaty sofa". Mechanical clutch. No nanny assist or stereo or DVD player or Navigation. An exhaust rumble. Even an oil dipstick! The very point of buying an old 911 is that it's nothing like your modern convenient Honda, and that it's different. In that regard, a 915 gearbox is more authentically vintage than a G50 anyway. The guy that wants a modern gearbox probably would not be happy in a 30 year old car in the first place, and might prefer a 997, right?

Well said.

[Cobalt]

Originally Posted by MotorWorks

Well said.

Really, I guess it is perfectly good but could be far better IMO and many spend a fortune to improve them.

The 964's are 30 years and have a G50. I have owned numerous 901 and 915 tranny cars and have recently serviced and reworked some sloppy 915 linkages for people and although I have fond memories of the 915 and recall how to finesse them into gear after driving a G50 for these past 15 years could never go back to driving one for any length of time. Not a bad transmission and far better than the 901 but still sloppy and not very sporty IMO. Although the G50 isn't perfect either it still works far better in every aspect.

[Matt Monson]

Some day I’ll get around to making a new 915 gear kit. We can improve it substantially but until recent years just not enough $$$ in it to make it worthwhile.

Leh Keen just delivered his 25th rally build. There are plenty of people building &10k 915s these days.

[pmax]

Drop in modern synchro for the 915, that's what it needs.