Besides the skill required my only comment on this matter is a suggestion to
ask companies like kenne belle as to which tranny they support... they only
sell the blowers for 5spd trucks because the standard auto in the non rt
trucks just isn't strong enough for the power... Plus its just more fun to
drive a stick.
Gregg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Tom" <tigers@bserv.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Manual vs. Auto (WAS: I4->V8?)
> At 11:30 AM 2/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Whenever an auto-phile asks me why I have never owned an automatic
> >and never will, I answer, "Because I like to DRIVE the car (or truck),
not
> >just steer it." <snip> Christopher and Sarah Scott
>
> Gotta put in my CDN .02.
>
> You can DRIVE with an auto. as well. I manual shift the auto. at the
track
> whenever I'm going for fast ETs. At last year's Nats, I let the
> auto. do the shifting for the first 5 test & tune runs (best of 15.5x on a
slow
> track). I could not take it anymore and, on the next and last run of the
day,
> I manually shifted and dropped 2/10s. The next day, I got two t&t runs.
> With a bit better track conditions and manually shifting, I drop my ETs
> another 2/10s.
>
> I manual shift in town as well (downshifting from 3rd to 2nd with
overdrive
> off)
> when approaching a red light or prior to making a turn at a corner, or
> upshifting
> from 1st at a stop when someone wants to play. For those long stop-and-go
> traffic jams, I enjoy the benefits of the auto.
>
> I've gone through the 3-spd, 4-spd, 5-spd column and floor mounted
manuals;
> 2-spd, 3-spd, and 4-spd autos. since '53, and I'll stay with the auto.
...
> with a tranny kit to cut down slippage and firm up the shifts, of course
:-)
>
> Bob Tom Burlington, Ont., Canada
> '97 CC Dakota, 5.2L, 4x2, auto., 3.92SG, 4,265 lb (racing weight)
> Dyno: 231.2 rwhp 340.0 lb-ft rwtorque
> PB: 14.737 @ 91.75 9.364 @ 72.95
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