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**BERT** · 10-31-2013, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by kdanner

I love manual transmissions. Not the junk like the MT82 or anything Tremec makes, the real deal Jerico/Gforce/Liberty stuff. Of course that totally eliminates the BS of "it takes skill", which is nothing more than an excuse for a POS transmission. You aren't going to miss gears with the good stuff, the only possibility for driver error is to shift at the wrong time, which is no different than an automatic with a manual valve body.

So as long as you don't have to use the clutch to shift gears, you love a manual transmission lol

**kdanner** · 10-31-2013, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

So as long as you don't have to use the clutch to shift gears, you love a manual transmission lol

Not at all, in fact I've never driven one with split sliders, only clutch assisted ones. I do think the clutchless would be even better though.

**BERT** · 10-31-2013, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by kdanner

Not at all, in fact I've never driven one with split sliders, only clutch assisted ones. I do think the clutchless would be even better though.

So what's so bad about a Tremec? I've used a 3550 and a TKO before and they seemed to work just fine. Of course, I say that never having used a G-Force or Liberty tranny.

**kdanner** · 10-31-2013, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

So what's so bad about a Tremec? I've used a 3550 and a TKO before and they seemed to work just fine. Of course, I say that never having used a G-Force or Liberty tranny.

Ever try to shift a tremec at high RPM? You can fix it, then you've spent more than a jerico would be to begin with and you still have a weaker trans. Still can't get an inline shifter for it either.

**BERT** · 10-31-2013, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by kdanner

Ever try to shift a tremec at high RPM? You can fix it, then you've spent more than a jerico would be to begin with and you still have a weaker trans. Still can't get an inline shifter for it either.

I guess not. Mine was in an '89 and usually didn't get above 5500 lol

**kdanner** · 10-31-2013, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

I guess not. Mine was in an '89 and usually didn't get above 5500 lol

Yeah that'd make a difference. Above 7000 the 3550/TKO gets uncooperative, and the 6060/Magnum does too.

**Grandpa** · 10-31-2013, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

I guess not. Mine was in an '89 and usually didn't get above 5500 lol

At high RPM's the early model T5 and Tremec's suffered from the cases flexing. A lot of times when people thought it was power breaking them it was really the high RPM's. Same the with blocks. Harmonics were a killer with the cheap stock'ish type parts.