Fastwong
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Agreed, the 1-2-3 gearing on the MT is way too long and you really notice it in the mountains where the wide spacing between 1 and 2 often leaves you in a powerless rpm range.
Sep 26, 2021,01:33 AM
It is partly a Porsche thing, I was super disappointed when I test drove the MT 991.2 GT3 and found 9k rpm equally unreachable on public roads as 8k rpm in the GT4. Emissions and sound regulations killing the fun.
When I regeared my GT4 I ran some numbers and the PDK gearing was in my mind the ideal gearing that I wanted in my MT... but no one makes that. Next best thing was to shorten gears 2-5, respace them to be more even, leave the stock 1st and 6th. Now it's perfect (well, 3rd could still be a little shorter) but a 20% reduction in 2nd gear is wonderful. The long stock first is fine with this much power and close 2-3 makes the car so much more fun.
It's tough, most new MT cars have the long gearing problem for emissions and sound regs unless the engines are smaller and turbo. If I were shopping today I would probably budget for a regear of a 718 or choose the PDK but leaving the stock gearing wouldn't be an option.
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