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I tried to find out myself but its hard operate a stopwatch and drive and get an accurate reading and to have a passanger do it would add extra weight. The freeway is not a good place to do it when starting at zero but lots of quiet desert roads for that around here. I'm thinking around just over 5 sounds about right.
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I believe the specs were 5.2 for the auto and 4.8 for the manual.
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Here is a very interesting article from the motor trend archives. The last page has 0-60 at 4.8sec and 1/4 at 13.3. Ran really close to the NSX in all categories. Just my 2cents. 
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...4/ferrari.html
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...4/ferrari.html
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Im not sure where those numbers came from, but if you look at the second page last paragraph of the article I posted his top speed for the manual is wrong. Maybe numbers are backwards for manual vs auto. Motortrend tested a m6 frc that did 174mph as a top speed.
Gm 4 speed trans stock are pretty ******. They are consistent, but with 2 gears missing in comparison to a manual the shifts end up out of the power band. As shown in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/z-h7y3IBL4w
Yeh auto can shift faster then any human could, and with the same amount of gears in both a manual and a auto I do think that an auto would be faster, but in the case of C5s however this can not apply.
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I have to disagree with this statement as I know how fast I can complete a shift and it is right on par with some of the DCT autos which are faster than the autos in the c5. However an auto doesnt miss a shift...
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You maybe be able to but tell me if im wrong but you have a short throw shifter. I have hurst short throw as well and I completely agree with you in that respect, but Im talking stock m6 vs stock auto. No short throw, no shift kit, no stall.
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Yes I do have a short throw now but it only decreased my shift times by 150 milliseconds and I was already in the range of DCT autos.