What Do You Think About This Car

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:48 am

yesterday i got to see 2 really cool cars in person one was like a 2000 mustang saleen very very cool and the other was a ford GT. i almost had the salemen conviced to let me drive it around the lot.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:39 am

MobileAudio, any time you want to back up all that smack you're talking about mopar auto transmissions, come over and we'll take it to a strip and see what happens :)

Cope Racing A-727 torqueflite transmission
Reverse manual valve body with low band apply
Bolt in sprage
Alto Red Eagle racing clutches
Kolene steels
Thicker band strut
Red lined bands
Teflon rings
Front billet servo
Rear billet servo
3 prong neutral switch
2 cooler line case fitting
4.2 billet 2nd gear lever
Mopar reusable pan gasket
B&M deep aluminum pan & billet filter extension
Modified pump support for more flow to the high gear clutch.
Billet steel drum
Super Cooler transcooler
B&M megashifter

connected to a Dana60 4.11 with 35-spline axles, and an Indy cylinderhead 440

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:43 am

haha i was waiting for your reply to this one kiki.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:53 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:MobileAudio, any time you want to back up all that smack you're talking about mopar auto transmissions, come over and we'll take it to a strip and see what happens :)

Like I said, auto's have their places (like at the track), but for the street manuals are just so much more fun (atleast for me.)

In alot of cases automatics arent as tuff as they once were, and the new dodges are a prime example of that. And yeah, I agree there are a few exceptions...

But uhm, other than my shear hatred for their trannys, I actually like dodges.

Also, I understand that every car manufacturer has their faults, I'm not trying to single out dodge here.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:05 am

on a side note, mine is vintage 1966 A727 that's been rebuilt to prostreet spec. It's still a good trans though. Only auto transmission ever commissioned by police forces nationwide, fully stock.

Manuals are good at tracks. Autos are good at strips.
On a strip it's all about consistancy, and that just doesn't happen with a manual transmission.
You can keep things a lot more consistant with an auto trans with a manual revierse valve body and a trans-brake for launches.

It's fun to slip your finger off of a button on the shifter and feel the front end of the car come off the road.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:16 am

"It's fun to slip your finger off of a button on the shifter and feel the front end of the car come off the road."

So true. Makes me wanna build another car for the strip :)

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:10 pm

I find myself shifting my automatic, i guess I shoulda got a manual lol

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:28 pm

u guys ever try the hurst lighting shifter that was in the 83 442 H/O's?

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:37 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:on a side note, mine is vintage 1966 A727 that's been rebuilt to prostreet spec. It's still a good trans though. Only auto transmission ever commissioned by police forces nationwide, fully stock.
Manuals are good at tracks. Autos are good at strips.
On a strip it's all about consistancy, and that just doesn't happen with a manual transmission.
You can keep things a lot more consistant with an auto trans with a manual revierse valve body and a trans-brake for launches.
It's fun to slip your finger off of a button on the shifter and feel the front end of the car come off the road.

When I said the track I meant the strip, lately I've been a little s-l-o-w...

But yeah, I agree with everything you stated above.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:01 am

yeah I knew what ya meant.. I was just expounding on the topic.

BWcad, that B&M shifter I posted in the other thread, like I use in my Charger is the same was as the dual gate shifter you're talking about..
In the 60s they were refered to as a slap-shifter.
It's a gated automatic in a lightning bolt pattern that allows you to manually shift one gear at a time to slapping the shifter, so it never jumps more than one gear at a time.
In my case, I use an automatic trans that requires you to manually shift every gear due to the type of valve body it uses, so I use a ratchet shifter in the car that allows me to lock out reverse, and get a positive shift into every gear just by shoving the lever forward.
It's like a sprint loaded one-click shifter for every gear.
It's a very quick way to shift gears when on a strip. Not the smoothest thing around, but since there's really no overlap in gears in my tranny anyway, it's not really built for comfort to begin with.