CTS-V M12 has a higher ratio first gear than vette
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Originally posted by Eric Bryant
Name another tooled-up 6sp transmission that's readily-available to an OEM for $500 or so. It's a short list of, uh, one
I'm interested to see how this thing feels in a CTS. Since the shifter is directly mounted to the trans, it's difficult to filter out vibration, noise, and heat without turning the shifter into mush. I'm also sure that we'll hear plenty of complaint from magazine pukes who don't understand that you can't harness 400 ft-lb of torque without some serious parts, and that those serious parts will require a bit more effort to move around than your average econobox tranny.
Name another tooled-up 6sp transmission that's readily-available to an OEM for $500 or so. It's a short list of, uh, one
I'm interested to see how this thing feels in a CTS. Since the shifter is directly mounted to the trans, it's difficult to filter out vibration, noise, and heat without turning the shifter into mush. I'm also sure that we'll hear plenty of complaint from magazine pukes who don't understand that you can't harness 400 ft-lb of torque without some serious parts, and that those serious parts will require a bit more effort to move around than your average econobox tranny.
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Originally posted by Eric Bryant
I'm interested to see how this thing feels in a CTS. Since the shifter is directly mounted to the trans, it's difficult to filter out vibration, noise, and heat without turning the shifter into mush. I'm also sure that we'll hear plenty of complaint from magazine pukes who don't understand that you can't harness 400 ft-lb of torque without some serious parts, and that those serious parts will require a bit more effort to move around than your average econobox tranny.
I'm interested to see how this thing feels in a CTS. Since the shifter is directly mounted to the trans, it's difficult to filter out vibration, noise, and heat without turning the shifter into mush. I'm also sure that we'll hear plenty of complaint from magazine pukes who don't understand that you can't harness 400 ft-lb of torque without some serious parts, and that those serious parts will require a bit more effort to move around than your average econobox tranny.
"...The final fly is the rubbery shifter and transmission gate. And attempt to better isolate the remote-mounted stick resulted in a mushy feel and long throws. Since the manual is the only transmission available and a major point of driver interactiaon, it should be a pentagon; instead, it's a letdown."
One more thing, I'm wondering how well this thing is going to hook. It's only got skinny 245/45WR18s (26.68" diameter) to handle 390ft-lbs x 2.97 first gear x 3.73 gears
It's gonna be one hell of a Hot Rod Caddy
Last edited by AdioSS; Aug 2, 2003 at 04:34 AM.
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Originally posted by 95 Z/28 LT1
Sounds like they need to come up with a paddle shifter and auto-clutch setup for it.
Sounds like they need to come up with a paddle shifter and auto-clutch setup for it.
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Originally posted by Eric Bryant
FoMoCo's already got one, for the Aston Martin Vanquish. I've seen the guts of the system, and it'd be a rather simple retrofit to most any T56.
FoMoCo's already got one, for the Aston Martin Vanquish. I've seen the guts of the system, and it'd be a rather simple retrofit to most any T56.
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