[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

[jwick]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

TECHNICALLY.......Tony's new flex plate and AT upgrades could be the solution.



also many people have easily gone with a trans cooler, line pressure tune, and maybe a VB upgrade.



to hold 500TQ you'll spend about $1k with the MT.....oh and add $500 for CSC fix. the AT is about the same money to hold 500



anything over that why not build it to be bulletproof like a $4k tranny from level10 or however much tony's new upgrades are.

Your numbers are off on the MT upgrade. Assuming you can do the work yourself, which is a fair comparison based on your AT upgrades, the MT number is closer to a grand all in. New disk, pressure plate and CSC should run you about that. I got all that and the flywheel for like $1050 and I'm holding 465wtq. I don't think my disk could handle more than 500wtq but the money spent on flywheel could be used for disk upgrade instead.

Edit - and nobody has numbers yet on what Tony's upgrade will cost once it is available, nor the power it can hold. Unless I missed a release while I was offshore and away from the forum for a week.