On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Jason Grubb wrote:
> It's called a manual transmission and a good driver. Congrats on your 1/4
> time. You obviously hooked up good and raked through the gears efficiently.
> The fact that the automatic 5.9 is as close as it is impresses me. The
> heavy duty auto in the r/t was designed to be just that...rugged. Slap a
> transgo kit and a 2500rpm stall converter into the r/t and it will make up
> for the parasitic losses caused otherwise. I personally wouldn't want to
> attempt to drag a 5sp against one.
>
> Not ragging 5sp here, they are my personal favorite...
The auto may be heavy duty, but so is the 5-speed. The NV3500
is definitely no rally car tranny than you can just "snick" through
the gears with; the NV3500 can be a challenge to get down the strip,
and I've got the bent valves to prove it... :-( This is why once
I build up my engine and need a heavy duty tranny, a competition
727 (w/manual valve body) will be installed instead. Nothing against
the 5-speeds; manuals are my favorite as well, but facts is facts,
and for dragstrip duty, I don't think you can go wrong with an
auto. (Unless of course you want to step it up a notch with a
Jerico or Lenco...)
-Jon-
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