Pete- that's the only place that I started doing some downshifting to 3rd. Could climb out in 4th, but 3rd was easier. In fact- one lap I passed a 911 climbing out and forgot to upshift, so I was in 3rd unti the revlimiter "reminded me" on the front straight.

Speaking of H&T, I'm assuming there are two reasons for doing it: 1.) To ease the load on the synchros, and 2.) to balance the car and not upset it when downshifting (match the speed in the lower gear with higher revs to the higher gear with lower revs). In a modern car like ours, I'm guessing it's mainly about #2- and that our synchros don't really care (unlike older cars or race transmissions with straight cut gears). Is that right?

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Current: 2007 Arctic Silver Cayman S,1968 912 (in pieces),1985 SAAB 900T (245,000 mi)
History:1974 SAAB 99EMS, 1984? Mazda Pickup, 1971 VW Transporter, 1970 MGB,1964 Porsche 356C,1968 VW Bug,1959 Mercedes 220S,1962 VW Bug