Yea but how much horsepower can the 5-speeds take? I'm guessing a 518 auto
can take a lot more. And no matter how fast you shift, you can't shift as
fast as a well prepped auto.
Sam South
95 Dak, V-8,3.90 LSD,5-speed
14.10@98.05
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----- Original Message -----
From: "greasy" <greasy@dodge-trucks.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Manual vs. Auto (WAS: I4->V8?)
> 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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