Reading the article in Autoweek, I quote:
"The manual is good, if a little vague in the middle of the double-H pattern. It needs stronger springs to convey better feel. One journalist the week before us tried to go from fifth gear to fourth and went instead from fifth to second. That might have been because the shifter was vague or it might have been because he was a moron. The engine to which his transmission was attached recorded a top speed of 14,500 rpm before blowing to pieces."
James Adams, it sounds like opportunity knocking.

it's got to be due to being a moron.....even with our cars, there should be no excuse to miss a shift like that.....

James are you reading this?
You won't sell many Carrera GT Rennshifters, but man, you can ask what ever you want

cheers,

Jeroen

I did it. 5 to 2 at the end of a straight, pulverized the clutch luckily instead of the engine. Mueller, why don't you try to sell the factory some custom bushings?

okay, let me rephrase that :

unless parts are worn too much and under normal driving conditions....

racing or being on the track is different since the chassis is or can be moving around a bit and the concetration to perform a perfect shift is somewhat overshadowed with everything else going on

maybe I've been blessed to have good bushings on my 914's or it could be that since I've put less than 2000 miles total behind the wheel of a 914 my "number" to incorrectly downshift has not come up.....

Hmm, very interesting!

Now I just need to get my hands on one to prototype a shifter for it. Of course I would have to put at least a few thousand miles on it (and some track time) to make sure the shifter works properly...

If you need any help, I'd be more than happy to drive some of those gruelling testing miles for ya

cheers,

Jeroen

heh, a moron indeed

Yeah Mike.. the Carrara Gt was on the track too.

-Aaron G>

Lemme drive it.....I dasn't screw up on shifting buts I really puts a hurts on the drive line......

Get back in line

cheers,

Jeroen