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I did not know there are alternatives to GBox until after I had already gotten it (or I should say after the technician that I took it to that’s a really good old-school independent had learned about it and ordered one).
It, coupled with losing the prior owner’s ill-advised short shift kit (I say ill-advised because he never researched the issue before putting in a short shift kit which just made the problem worse) did the trick.
We also put in the Porsche Mobil One PTX 75W90.
It feels wonderful to be able to shift from 1st to 2nd or 3rd to 2nd with confidence and no grinding. The prior owner was good with many things especially cosmetically in terms of the condition of the car and its paint which had been ceramic coated but somebody led him astray regarding the shift issue, probably whoever talked him into putting in a short shift kit.
He did convince me to run Joe Gibbs Racing DT40 5w40 in it, I changed to that after driving it from CA to NC. I may switch my 993 to Joe Gibbs DT50 15w50.
I didn’t recall the shift throws in a 996 I had as being horrible and I don’t mind the throws in this 986 now that I’m back to a stock shiftgear shift set up with a GBox 2nd gear detent and new transmission fluid, now the car feels like it should.
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'95 993RS Clone
'17 Macan GTS, everything but PTV
'02 Boxster S (just getting started with additions and mods)
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