For those of you that have pulled do you think there is an advantage between the two? My auto has said enough and Im debating a 5 speed swap. Right now the 5 speed swap with a South Bend 3850 looks to be about $2,000 cheaper than a bts or built auto. Also should say Im looking for 7-800hp and the truck will be driven on the street.
For sled pulling with only 7-800hp its a coin toss. There are lots of good manual tranny trucks and lots of good auto tranny trucks when your only at that level. You'll either be rebuilding clutches or replacing clutch packs - thats your choice.
Personally if I wanted to pull with a manual transmission at that power level i would either find a ZF6 or take the time to make an NV4500 fit with my preference quite possibly going to the NV4500 because it has a divorced bell and getting an SFI bellhousing so you don't cut off your feet is a better proposition.
Thats the only problem, it will see some street time and I dont know how a truck with my mods would be to drive on the street with a stick. The chargers light awesome, I think anyway, with the auto.
Well I would disagree with the simpler portion of that statement - a fellow puller of mine that pulls a manual tranny gas truck pulled another buddy's auto equiped diesel. When he got to the end of the track he stated something to the effect that running that truck was easier than point and click porno - it was just too easy and takes all the fun out of it.
I believe a good auto will do the trick. On my puller it is a 5 speed and on a hard hooking track it doesn't like to take off on when the track hooks hard. I need to stay in 3rd to keep the sled speed to 20mph. If I had a auto I could start off in second and then shift it up when the track hooks hard. I get beat by auto truck with less power that way.
i was wondering this myself if i put myself at a disadvantage by buying a stick vs an auto when i bought my truck but i love sticks for DD and i recently got bit by the sled bug
The Ford sticks have always been fairly weak as compared to a built auto. The 6 spped stick in a 6.4TT truck is easily demolished by bolt on's where the auto will take it far longer.
As far as pulling performance, drag racing or streetability,, you'll never beat the auto.
HOWEVER, if you're a die hard stick guy and have to row those gears every day, that might not matter anyway..
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