Re: Reverse synchro

[mit-eddie!hydra.bucknell.edu!droms@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Ralph E. Droms)]

   >This helps on all cars (except maybe new Corvettes which I think have
   >synchronized reverse gears).  

   > erased good discussion on how synchro helps get into reverse ...

   My question is how does Chevy get a reverse synchro. [...]

And I'd like to know *why* would a Corvette have a synchro reverse?
Any other advantage than not needing to go briefly into 1st (or 2nd,
for those of us with crashbox-1st gearboxes) to avoid crunching
reverse?

- Ralph