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Post by crookeddemo on Dec 23, 2005 23:45:19 GMT -5
Alot of guys around here run 3 speed manual trannies. Which do you guys think is better a 3 speed or an automatic.
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Post by cory on Dec 24, 2005 0:17:42 GMT -5
Auto is alot easier to drive. Ive saw people use 3 speeds, it looked like they had their hands full.
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Post by crookeddemo on Dec 24, 2005 1:02:14 GMT -5
Yeah, theres a group of guys around here that always run suicide lincolns, with stroker engines in them and they run 3 speeds and make it look easy.
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Post by derbyman753 on Dec 26, 2005 17:29:35 GMT -5
three speed is the way to go but its not easy it may look like it but its not lol 753 ;D
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Post by crookeddemo on Dec 26, 2005 23:50:55 GMT -5
Thats what ive heard. I think im going to try and run a 3 speed this year if I can get all the parts round up. Mainly because thats what the majority of the competition is running.
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Post by dadicted on Dec 26, 2005 23:56:16 GMT -5
totally automatic, i have enough things to think about w/out thinking about which gear i need to hit, or worying about a clutch.
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Post by keystone121 on Dec 27, 2005 7:32:34 GMT -5
Turbo 400 all the way. Not a flatlander one either, one from Western Pa. with 60 or 70,000 on it and is used to going up and down hills(keeps everything working).
Three speeds are way too complicated and the flywheel is too heavy when the engine is hot.
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Post by dadicted on Jan 4, 2006 18:21:35 GMT -5
i agree completely w/ keystone.
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Post by derbyman753 on Jan 5, 2006 13:33:32 GMT -5
get a tilton starter no worries atleast thats what i think
753 ;D i use automatic but am going to switch or atleast
try it i saw a guy that used it and it worked great for him also it would be great for pushing people ,i mean if u ran gears u would have a 800 lol in granny gear to push with if u needed it 753 ;D
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Post by derbyman137 on Jan 5, 2006 17:17:45 GMT -5
Thats where some of you guys make your biggest mistake. You try to push people. That is the single most damaging thing you can do to your tranny besides running it dry. And will burn up a clutch in no time. Never push unless you can use their momentum against them.
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Post by dadicted on Jan 5, 2006 17:44:54 GMT -5
i see it all the time. i never push. hit and move hit and move then repeat. the only way i will push somebody is if they are going in the same direction that i am and i fall in behind them to push them over the bearm or really make a hit on whoever they are hitting.
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Post by fordboy on Jan 5, 2006 18:16:53 GMT -5
Argueably, the most damaging factor with automatic transmissions is heat . If you get a transmission hot, that is what will damage them the most. Another issue is slammin' inbetween forward and reverse without stopping or letting off... Either one of these will cause you to smoke your frictions!
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Post by dadicted on Jan 5, 2006 19:18:44 GMT -5
i tend to go forward and reverse really fast w/out letting off very much. that is why i have to have a very good tranny cooler set up.
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Post by chryslerfat on Jan 5, 2006 22:32:55 GMT -5
Yea I learned to let off when shifting after smoking 2 trannys in a row.
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Post by dadicted on Jan 6, 2006 10:25:02 GMT -5
i never really have toasted a tranny before, but im sure that the time it comes down to me an another guy for first i will toast one.
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Post by derbyman137 on Jan 6, 2006 16:46:35 GMT -5
Yeah Matt, you need to get out of that habit. It is so hard on your tranny's, even with the best cooler. Slow down and take your time.
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Post by derbyman753 on Jan 9, 2006 15:44:12 GMT -5
I was talking pushing in a corner or between 2 dead cars and that doesnt hurt ure tranny,s or it hasnt mine now i would agree with u for long distances
and pushing back and forth but if u used a 3 finger clutch
and a manual tranny it wouldnt be that hard on it at
all for short distances anyway 753 ;D
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Post by chryslerfat on Jan 9, 2006 22:48:03 GMT -5
Ok you guys that are talking manual tranny I have never seen that in the 11 years ive been racing. I hope you are using a cable to operate the clutch cause if you bend em bad then the linkage will not operate very well!!!!!
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Post by derbyman753 on Jan 9, 2006 23:59:32 GMT -5
hydrolic chrystlerfat 753
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