Bill,
I hope I didn't tick you off by my comments. I did stress that the
loss could be *up to* 50hp. That's just simple physics. A 5spd being
a direct couple to the rest of the drivetrain and an automatic using a
viscous fluid as its link. I went back and forth when ordering my '97
between a stick and an auto. I would eventually like to play with
nitrous a bit and was leaning towards the auto but I think I figured
out how to "foolproof" it for use with the stick.
I'm curious if you're running an upgraded torque converter. I read an
article in Mopar Performance or something about a project Dakota with
a Vortech, Mopar Per. SBEC, cam, valve springs, MSD6BTM, and an
automatic. They were running mid to upper 13's. They swapped torque
converters for a unit that flashed to like 2600 rpm's and cut 4 tenths
of their times. Can't remember who they got it from though.
Anyway, didn't mean to irritate ya' :)
sean
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Subject: Re: Mopar Performance's Muscle
Author: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu at INTERNET
Date: 3/6/97 5:26 PM
In a message dated 97-03-06 01:30:38 EST, you write:
<< Apples and oranges Bill...Take all the things you've done to your truck
(NOS)
and put the EXACT same goodies >>
No NOS, only use it on special occasions. Pretty much same set ups with the
ones I have run against, except I have the club cab and all those were short
boxes. They all claimed 3.91 gears, some afetrmarket exhuast (cat back) most
if not all MP sbec, all were newer than mine? Now I was only running low
15's. There really was nothing special diferent other than club cab mine and
5 sp theirs. And this was before shift kit, didn't get that in til late. And
there was a 96 SB 2WD Auto with KN open element, Mopar Performance exhaust,
pulleys and Magnum Per throttle body whooopin em also. I'll grant you that I
F you could get everything perfect (take off, all shifts) on identical trucks
the 5 sp may have an advantage. I absolutely would not want a 5 sp with NOS,
one missed shift and bye bye hood. There are definitely advantages to both
but I do not believe the auto is a dis-advantage and certainly not 50 HP
worth.. I had my butt kicked by another automatic the first 2 weeks I went up
but a lot of that was that nobody told me to go on the last yellow, I was
waiting for the green light, you know 1.21 reaction times, cool uh. And I
been had outa the hole occasionally but catch em at the big end. The guy with
the 96 said that is the difference in the 93 230 HP and 3" cat VS 94 and
newer 220 HP and 2 1/2 Cat, newer has more low end power 93 has more high end
power. I always ended up with higher mph than they did also ???
Bill
PS Hey Kuk did you sell your truck yet? How is the GS coming?
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