My T-5 Died Today....

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Thank you for bringing me back to planet earth. I think it was very kind, the way you corrected my planetary flight path instead of shoving it down my throat, that in itself speaks highly of you as a person. Should I have transmission problems in the future, I'm going to try and track you down.

Thanks for squareing me away.

Originally Posted by Unit 5302

Your mechanic is very unlikely to be correct. I don't have all the specifications on your particular C-6 (gear ratios, etc), but a properly driven manual transmission is almost always quicker than an automatic for mildly to moderately modified cars. The manual usually has 1-2 extra gears allowing for closer ratios to keep engine in it's peak powerband, a lower first gear to get a better hole shot, and they use significantly less horsepower than automatics as a general rule.

Obviously, the automatic has the advantage when it comes to consistency and ease of launch. It also has torque mutiplication, and torque converter options that allow for a higher stall speed which allows the engine to rev into it's lower powerband with the torque multiplication being applied.

Highly modified cars on the track are often seen with automatics for consistency (especially in bracket racing), and improved durability.

The C-6 transmission is very strong, but very large and inefficient too. A built C-4 can take highly modified small blocks putting out over 500hp without a problem. Since you're running an FE block, I don't know if you would have had many options to even use the C-4 had you wanted to.