[alfa] re: save those synchros

[borrani@xxxxxxx]

I completely agree, but why engage any gear?  I don't want to wear out any 
synchro before its time.  I simply push the clutch all the way in, wait a few 
seconds, then gently engage first.  No reason you can't anticipate the 
light.  Never rush these gearboxes.  Double clutching is a great way to save 
synchros, and it sounds just delightful with our cars.  It's nice to have the 
shifter slide right into gear with nary a feeling.

One prevailing theory is that the synchros were fine when our transmissions 
were born as 4 speeds, when they added the 5th gear on, the synchros weren't 
quite up to the task of slowing the additional mass.  Just do nice, 
slower, 'LeMans' style shifts, pretend you're in a 24 hour race and the thing 
has to last!

Steve Schaeffer
Seattle, WA
NWARC

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Second gear synchronizers work hard enough, use third gear when trying to
get to first from neutral.

Bill LeClair
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