Daniel Well-Known Member Joined Sep 25, 2004 Messages 2,336 Location Stavanger - Norway Mar 2, 2005 #21 I juts found out that the Mark 1 M3 had a gearbox like that aswell. I dont know why but I love it!
oliB Well-Known Member Joined Jan 14, 2004 Messages 1,391 Location Germany Mar 2, 2005 #22 andyhui01 said: maybe it is more important to shift quicker from second to third?... and when you are racing on the track, you barely get down to 1st as well. Click to expand... That is exactly right. On normal racetracks you're never gonna use 1st gear, but you have to shift between 2nd and 3rd quite often. There was no mechanical reason to do it, they could've built them with a normal pattern. cya Oliver
andyhui01 said: maybe it is more important to shift quicker from second to third?... and when you are racing on the track, you barely get down to 1st as well. Click to expand... That is exactly right. On normal racetracks you're never gonna use 1st gear, but you have to shift between 2nd and 3rd quite often. There was no mechanical reason to do it, they could've built them with a normal pattern. cya Oliver