I cant decide which one i want more!!! The manual would be soooo fun and all, but i dotn like dealing with it sometimes. wouldn't the M6 give more freeway punch? But the A4 with a stall convertor and shift kit woudl own from a dead stop. Ahhh can't decide.
Do any of you regret your manual trannies? Are they stronger than the automatic? How is the clutch?

 

I'm in the process of changing out my 700R4 for a T56...

The T56 can handle 450 ft/lbs from the factory while the 700R4 can anly handle about 275.

Mcleod clutches seem to be the clutch of choice for the T56 owners on the board. Thats the one I'm getting. Apperantly the street twin will hold upto 1000 HP's. I've also heard people say the tranny will break before this clutch slips...

 

I have an Auto although sometimes I wish I had a 6 spd, I may do a conversion in the future but the Auto is definately fun from a stop, I need to get my hands on a cheap Vig 2800 and make some serious launches

 

Auto tranny with special tuning is best for drag from what i've heard... makes it easy if you are not the best driver..

Manual is the way to go, and can beat auto if you are a pro driver and can shift like the pros..

by the way, i have not heard of TipTronic in any camaros/firebirds YET... do they even exist?? i dont think so... so they shouldbt be an option on your poll..

if you want to get fancy with tranny's there is SMGII which is actual manual transmission but the clutch is controlled by hydraulics.... just like F1 cars...

 

I have one coming in the mail.
450USD shipped... used of course.


I have an auto (obviously)... but sometimes I wish I had a manual. When I went looking for a car, transmission was not on top of the list of priorities. I just wanted an LT1 powered Trans Am, black or polo green with t-tops. Just so happened that I found an auto first. Also, from what I have heard the autos are not as strong as the manuals that come in these cars. Just need to switch that over to a th400 with a gear vendors overdrive and your worries about strength would be over.

 

Well, I put the tiptronic there for people with other kinds of cars. I hate it when people with tiptronic say "it's like driving manual"
NO IT'S NOT!!
This kid at school says "yeah, i'm learning to drive tiptronic tomorrow"
LMAO learning to drive tiptronic?!

 

i gotta standard

 

i got a 6spd, and love it no problems driving it what so ever.

 

I have an A4, but I used to be a manual-biased person. Now however, I love the automatic. Only once in a blue moon do I miss the manual. Its worth having the A4, IMO. But, you have to put up with all the fools who look at your car and say "Oh. Its just an automatic. My brother's 6-speed is way faster." Sure dude.

There's tradeoffs for each choice.

 

SMG is the answer to all tradeoffs :P

 

Both my cars are 3 speed autos, and I like it that way

 

It's much cheaper to go faster with an Auto...

In Auto form, my car (with ET steets) would probably go 12.1 @ 111mph.

My car = M6, 10 bolt and street tires will go 12.9 at 112 mph.

The auto is WAAAAAAY easier on the rear end and if I ever want to go any faster than what I'm already going, I need a 12 bolt or 9 inch. I've heard of the stock rear in an auto car going low 11's high 10's...with a few extra re-inforcements

Andy

 

I love standard, if our cars were 5 speeds i'd probably go auto but how can you turn down a 6 speed.

 

I have over 85km on my A4 and I am stuffing over 500Ftlbs TQ and 500HP into it. When I auto-x I push a button and it is full manual. Last time I went the only 4th gen faster was a race prep on race rubber to my dead street tires. 1.2 sec faster on a 1:1x minute layout.

The M6 is fun but I drive my car as a comuter also and having the 2nd worse traffic in the USA it makes the trip nice

 

It's a very personal choice - to me, the ideal sports car has always been a standard vert to others it's a hard top auto and for others something in between.

Sounds like your heart isn't set on one over the other, that will come with maturity

I've know what I wanted in my car for over 20 years, got the car, now looking for the sexy female 20 year old co pilot Applications welcome...