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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
I think a 346 rear with a five speed would be perfect, but this is a big improvment over the automatic and taking off is not too bad, but the acceleration is leisurely.
Tom W
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This is a rather interesting point.
Many folks like the manual because they believe that it's faster than the automatic. However, personally, I think that this is factually incorrect. The automatic benefits by some extreme slippage with the torque converter...........allowing the engine to instantly jump to 2000 rpm off the line and climb from there. The manual has no such benefit.
If you look at the hardware on Lance's vehicle, you'd think that it would smoke just about any other 617 out there. But, it's only in the mid 13's. This is in a lighter 240 body, with a Vnt, and a 3.46 axle ratio. A good running stock automatic with a 2.88 or a 3.07 will beat it