Hello everyone. I got to thinking tonight, scary, I know this, and I have been wondering if I should go with a 4-spd Toploader instead of my C4 when I'm doing the work to the new car.
My C4 already has a B&M Street/Strip shift kit in it and is in perfect shape. No wear at all. Pan was perfectly clean after about 5 years of driving.
If I got a Toploader, I would probably have to have it rebuilt. I guess that's no big deal. And in the future I'd have to replace the clutch every once in a while. No big deal. I'd have to have my driveshaft cut. No big deal. Manuals put more power to the ground also.
Driving will not be a problem. Yeah I know I'm just 16, (3 weeks till 17!
), but I am pretty experienced with manuals. Racing and all. So that doesn't hold me back either. And the car won't be a daily driver. Just a weekend cruiser this time, since I got my beefy '86 Nissan pickup, hahaha. So when people say I'll just get sick of it all the time and stuff, nah, that won't be a problem either. The Nissan is also a manual. I love stick shifts.
So what would you guys say? Stick with the C4? Or give in and go with the 4-spd? All opinions appreciated.
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Previously "BennyBoy"
'69 Coupe with 351W-I rolled it 8/8
Edelbrock RPM intake, Edelbrock RPM cam, Edelbrock 750 cfm carb, Hedman headers, 2 1/2" pipe, glasspacks, C4: shift kit, 9" Currie: Trac-Lok 3.70s, 290hp-stock heads