oo7ml

As per title, is it visually possible to tell of a 3.2 C has a 915 or G50 gear box? Or is there any other way of finding out?

bemmett

The G50 shift pattern has reverse gear fully to the left-forward, adjacent to first. If I recall correctly, a 3.2 915 has reverse fully to the right-back, below 5th.

Bill Verburg

also thu '86 915, '87 up G50

or look at the t -bar cover just ahead of the rear wheel, small, barely visible above the rubber side trip -915, large ~20% visible above the rubber side trim- G50

NeufCentOnze

G50 gear **** above
915 gear **** below

AG81

Transmission mount is different !!!!

Nurburger

If you have trouble shifting into first or second gear it's a 915.....

oldskewel

If people refer to their car based on the type of transmission it has, it's a G50. E.g., I drive an '85 911, but some people might drive an '87 G50, or so they say.

creaturecat

it's a G50 if your grandmother can drive it easily.

AG81

^
Not my grandmother......... she never learned to drive.

TheTorch

I thought the same thing. Neither of my grandmothers ever drove.

oo7ml

Apologies for the late reply… and thank you for all of the input.

I am surprised to hear I have a 915 as I’ve always said how easy my car is to drive. I must get a spin in one with a G50 gear box.

I have a Testarossa which is a few years newer than my 911 but that is much much much harder to drive, hence I presumed I had the ‘easier’ 911 gear box :-)

wildcat077

Who cares how the Testarossa shifts ... as long as you can hear that V12 at redline speeds.
The Ferrari V12 sounds are like music !

Cheers
Phil

Geneman

re: 915 identity. just see if it breaks after 1 or 2 track events. thats about the 1/2 life of mine...

oo7ml

Thanks Phil. The Testarossa has a Flat 12 engine so it doesn’t have the sound of the traditional v12. However, as cool as the Testarossa is, I choose the 911 over it almost everyday :-)

ktr6

Does anyone know of a good source for this shifter? I can source the more traditional leather wrapped shifter but need one that looks like this for my build: