Exactly my point!
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:34 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: : RE: RE: Re: Manual vs. Auto (WAS: I4->V8?)
gswillhite@ualr.edu ("George S Willhite") wrote in
<002701c08fb1$f6ec2b70$681da790@DH8L3501>:
>I disagree in part. You don't have to have an auto
>for performance or even high performance. You
>just have to have the right tranny to do the job.
>Sure you can modify any tranny to work or just
>buy one already made. I don't think they would
>stick a 6 speed tranny in a 500hp Viper, WS6
>camero or fire chicken if it couldn't handle the
>horsepower (performance). Then theres the
>MPG performance issue.
There's also the issue of what auto or manual tranny you're talking about.
Vipers and F-Bodies get the Borg-Warner (now Tremec) T-56, which is a sports
car tranny, we get the NV-3500 or AX-15 which is a truck tranny. For any
type
of racing, I know which one I would prefer! :-) (NV3500 shifts too darn
slow
and I bent three valves trying to speed it up) ;-) Ok, maybe some driver
error involved there, but I eventually hope to put an auto in my Dak. (727
or
A518 street/competition prepped, manual valve body w/reverse pattern, B&M
pro
ratchet) Maybe there will be someone out there who can shift faster than
this
setup, but I know it wouldn't be me! :-)
---Jon-
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