[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

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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.

Where are you getting your numbers? Are you including labor?

Let's get specific here. MT upgrade costs a new clutch. Let's say $1500 including labor for a nicer clutch that can handle 500 hp and 400 ft-lbs torque. Add another $300 to upgrade the CSC (no extra labor since the clutch is being done). We're at $1800.

From what I've seen the trans cooler will cost ~$400 plus labor. The VB upgrade is like $900 plus labor (can you get it from someone other than GTM? ). So you're probably around the same cost including labor for cooler and vb install. And with all this, can you even guarantee that the AT will hold more than 400 ft-lb torque? I don't think so...

And who says you have to upgrade the MT internals to get the same HP as a Level10 tranny upgrade? Has anyone broken an MT with too much torque? I don't think so. I wonder if any of the 800+ hp builds have upgrade MT internals. I don't think so.