6 speed Vs Auto
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Vancouver,Wa.
Re: 6 speed Vs Auto (keekster)
I know my tranny shifts faster that any 6 speed. Plus I don't have the problems of miss shifting. But you said fast. I would say a 6 speed will go though the traps with a faster speed. I think ET will be another story.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Freehold, NJ
Re: 6 speed Vs Auto (keekster)
Hypotheticly speaking is a 6 speed faster 1/4 mile then a built up a/t with similiar skilled drivers ?
Chris
Chris
In general the auto launches much harder and more consistently than the 6M. But the advantage at the big end of the track goes to the 6 speed. The auto seems to run 1.5-2 MPH slower than the 6 speed at the end of the 1/4 mile.
And BTW, when the car was a 6 speed, we tried a lighter single mass flywheel. It did not make the ET quicker at all. All it did was make the car harder to launch. The car would either bog or spin off the line, there was no in between. Just my $0.02.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Colleyville Texas
Re: 6 speed Vs Auto (Eric Fischer)
Someone should write a book on the dual mass flywheel versus the single mass flywheel set up. It still seems like the 6M 350 LT-1's that run in the 11's usually have the SMF set up.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Little Elm TX
Re: 6 speed Vs Auto (Red Rocket)
Someone should write a book on the dual mass flywheel versus the single mass flywheel set up. It still seems like the 6M 350 LT-1's that run in the 11's usually have the SMF set up.
A big difference in weight!
