Re: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic -Reply -Reply

From: mrdancer (mrdancer@camalott.com)
Date: Fri Feb 26 1999 - 07:36:01 EST


It is the same basic tranny. There may be some internal mods such as a
higher line pressure, greater fuel flow, or perhaps an extra disc in the
clutch pack.

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Baltzer <Craig.Baltzer@anjura.com>
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 3:47 AM
Subject: RE: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic -Reply -Reply

>Ah, but is it the same auto tranny? Service manual shows a 44RE for the
>318, and a 46RE for the 360...
>
>Craig
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Delgado [mailto:dadoctah@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: February 25, 1999 1:48 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic -Reply -Reply
>
>
>Soooooo....The 5 speed just doesn't have what it takes to handle the 20
>extra
>horsies that the 360 puts out over the 318? But the auto can? Hmmmm.
>Very
>interesting.
>Dr. Pat
>
>----------
>>From: Gary Shook <gary.shook@mci.com>
>>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>>Subject: Re: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic -Reply -Reply
>>Date: Thu, Feb 25, 1999, 5:19 AM
>>
>
>>
>>
>> No... You cannot get the 5.9L AND the 5 speed in any 94+ 1500 ram
>(NV3500
>> not rated for torque of 5.9L)... same reason you can''t get a 5 speed
>in the
>> Dak R/T... I'll guess that if they offer the 5.9L in a '00 4x4, you
>won't be
>> able to get a 5 speed, either.
>>
>> You can get the 5.9L and a 5 speed in a 2500 or 3500 (they use the
>NV4500)
>>
>> Gary Shook
>>
>>>uuhh.. okay.. DID they make the SS/T with a 5 spd? =)
>>>
>>>-mike d.
>>>
>>>>>> <HEMI@charter.net> 02/24/99 09:37pm >>>
>>>They no longer make the SS/T .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 09:08 PM 2/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>Yeah! Do they make a 5spd for the SS/T rams? I would say auto is the
>>>>way to go considering that's the only option in the R/T....
>>>>
>>>>-mike d.
>>>>
>>>>>>> Vladimir Ryall <vladimir@austin.rr.com> 02/24/99 12:05am >>>
>>>>missing a shift still constitutes a race... I shall not mis-shift my
>> auto,
>>>>and would not trade it in on any manual trans, too inconsistent...
>>>>
>>>>Vladimir "FASRAM"
>>>>Home: http://home.austin.rr.com/fasram/
>>>>Member: http://www.indyram.org/
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
>>>>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
>>>>dakota_5sp_v8
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 10:51 PM
>>>>To: DML
>>>>Subject: RE: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>if you want to lose 10 hp get the auto
>>>>
>>>>if you want to through revs between shifts get the 5 sp
>>>>
>>>>Joel
>>>>
>>>>http://www.zracer.com/dakota.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Glen Renzoni [mailto:glenzoni@totacc.com]
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 12:32 AM
>>>>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>>>>Subject: Re: DML: Re: 5 Speed vs. Automatic
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>if you like broken transmissions -- 5-speed
>>>>
>>>>if you like consistency at the track -- Automatic
>>>>
>>>>> If you like to steer -- Automatic.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you like to drive -- 5 Spd!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>>>
>>>Jack Hilton III
>>>
>>>HEMI@charter.net
>>>
>>>http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
>>>
>>>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>>



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