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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Porsche 914/6 - 6 speed sequential gearbox

Posted by: TravisNeff Oct 1 2018, 01:00 PM

This looks like fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnOrfJpqHu8

Posted by: Unobtanium-inc Oct 1 2018, 01:26 PM

My car had a sequential Hewland gearbox when I got it. I found that unless you were driving ballz out like this guy it wasn't much fun, I swapped it out for a 901.

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Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 1 2018, 06:36 PM

Race boxes are generally not very usable on the street for day to day driving. Sequential boxes, dog-boxes (dog-ring engagement, clutchless upshifts!) and the like have too many downsides when not driving all-out.

The dog-boxes crunch like a 914 with no clutch tube at all, for instance... Freaked me out the first time I shifted one into first!

--DD

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 2 2018, 10:34 AM

old hewland dog boxes are not the same as a modern sequential gearbox ,, 2 different

eary hewlands where H pattern,,,sequential just up or down

Posted by: Chi-town Oct 2 2018, 02:24 PM

I've run dog boxes in many street cars, not that bad if you get used to driving them. Although the engagement dogs do wear a bit faster than syncros.

Sequential box would be fun in a race car but a total pain on the street.