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Old 05-01-2010, 09:09 PM   #15 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks
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Originally Posted by Pharmacist View Post
not sure how you guys downshift into 1st at such high speeds. most manual cars i drove will resist a lot and do a lot of gear grinding if trying to go into 1st at any high speed
I did it on a gearbox that had 170,000km on it. I think as they wear it gets easier, and of course the gears get sloppier. There's no way I could do it on the Z, it will baulk on 1st at anything other than a crawl - double clutching helps make it happen when you need it.
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