5 speed is best speed.
4 speed is for boomers
6 speed is for autist
Auto is for millennials
Prove me wrong
close or wide ratio?
i prefer wide
>my 90s shitbox came with a 5 speed so i've convinced myself that it's the best
>w-what's cognitive dissonance, not me haha
good thread OP, much appreciated
>>15450391
medium
cable or hydraulic clutch?
cable has better "feel"
hydraulic has less effort
>>15450392
>90s shitboxes are garbage
Kek enjoy your planned obsolescence
>>15450391
Just right ratio with taller gears
>>15450409
Hydraulic cause smooth as poontang
>>15450385
It's all good as long as the gear splits are good (no giant jumps for the OD)
>>15450409
Hydraulic. All the cables I've ever driven had a lot of drag.
>tfw my car has a linkage clutch
>>15450385
7 speed master race reporting in
>>15450385
I agree. 5 gears are just right. You can wind each gear out. 4 gears are cumbersome, and 6/7 are just get a DCT tier
>>15450385
I have never driven anything but 5, but it makes no sense to claim 5 is best - you could have better gearing with 6 and have 5 actually be useful with 6th left for highway.
7 speed is the best, you have 6 gears and the final one is overdrive for maximum comfiness on highways
5 speed lmao, this isn't the '90s anymore
>>15450385
>4 speed is for boomers
4 speed above all.
>>15450409
Hydraulic, I have a cable clutch and you have to be super precise with it, hydraulic clutches are smooth as butter
I'd kill for a 6th o/d gear in my car for freeway cruising.
Can't go above 70mph without running the engine past 3k.
>>15450409
>>15450409
I think hydraulic has a fine feel to it, if the clutch is heavy enough. Nothing worse than a sticky clutch that you can't use to double clutch properly when your 2nd gear synchros are bad in every car you've ever tried because people can't drive standard.
I love me some cable clutch tho
Paddle shifters controlling 365 hp tops all of your shit
Jesus, if you have any understanding about gearing you wouldn't give a shit.
>>15450657
Fuck that noise
2000hp on a two-speed powerglide is the only way to fly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axmi-8rvfOo
If you wanna be fast
Powerglide makes you haul ass.
>>15450681
but I want a holeshot gear AND a cruising gear
>>15450639
> year of kek
> not knowing how gearing works
Shigggy
>>15450639
My top 6th gear hits like 2.4k rpm at 80mph. I wish it was geared even lower for higher highway cruising speeds and maybe lower mph.
>>15450690
is that what they use in those fast races?
https://www.usmileracing.com/the-arkansas-mile/
i would think they would need more gears for more speed, to not hit the limiter?
>>15450657
Sooooo..... an automatic. Sure bud.
>>15450724
Toyoder?
Mine does the exact same shit
>>15450728
some people like the DSG because they use special oil and are hard to rebuild.
>>15450723
You don't make any sense at all.
>>15450681
>>15450723
feed me, i don't know what you're talking about
>>15450732
Nah Chebby although the transmission is probably from the same company (Aisin)
One speed?
>>15450760
i have never actually seen one
RARE
>>15450727
>i would think they would need more gears for more speed, to not hit the limiter?
You're gearbox choices are less than a handful. Powerglide has one really low gear and one really really high gear. You could take an econo-I6 to 55mph in low gear before it shifted, so it would scream and then immediately rumble.
Somehow GM designed the most bullet proof automatic ever and that's why it's still used.
They use 3 speeds sometimes with a manual selector.
Either that or a Lenco but fuck that
>>15450727
You usually do need more gears. But drag cars don't run long so they can slip the shit out of their converter instead of having to get a trans with more gears.
>>15450764
well i thought something like an A-833 or toploader can take that much power.
its not like you are launching them anyway.
6 gears with close ratio.
>>15450759
Google says Aisin is part of Toyota group
That's cray yo
>>15450776
who the fuck is talking about drag racing? you fucking idiot.
did you leave your head up your ass when you woke up? NO ONE CARES ABOUT DRAG RACING
god damn some people are as stupid as a fucking dog.
>>15450613
>>15450385
The C32A Acura Legend Type 2 is a perfect example of this.
Came 4 speed auto, 5 speed manual, and the much more sought after 6 speed manual.
Also, personal side note:
>Current DD has 6 speed tiptronic
does this make me an autistic millennial?
>>15450796
Nobody uses glides but drag racers
>>15450804
there must be some circle track where it happens
>>15450787
>>15450787
...And Mazda, And Ford, Lincoln & Mercury. (once upon a time.)
Aisin never made a Chevrolet automatic, go to sleep.
>>15450783
>toploader
not as much as you think.
> A-833
I dunno about Chrysler gearboxes but we're dealing with power to the fourth digit.
You can overbuild a Powerglide easily but another thing is that you want an automatic for drag racing because it has a much faster shift time.
>>15450796
>we're talking about what gearboxes are used in alcohol cars and shit
>random anon says nobody is talking about drag racing.
While manual is cool an all, Autos can't be beat down the drag strip. That's pretty niche.
Anyway, you thought you could drive stick?
lol pic related.
>>15450809
Maybe, but most circuit racing cars don't use autos because keeping the trans fluid cool becomes a big chore.
>>15450815
I was literally agreeing with you dood.
>>15450759
>Nah Chebby although the transmission is probably from the same company (Aisin)
Unless you're not him, then follow the conversation dammit.
>>15450796
retard
>>15450809
>>15450804
i used to daily a powerglide, it's possible.
and fun as fuck.
>>15450385
I'd like a close ratio 5 speed with a 6th gear. Nobody seems to make one of those. My current 5 speed could really use a 6th but when they make a 6 speed the gearing is always completely different and not what I want.
>>15450830
What I'm:
>>15450759
>>15450724
This guy is someone else
>>15450815
>>15450385
>4 speed is for boomers
Aww does your wee little cute Honda not have enough torkies..
>>15450830
I actually meant to include >>15450759 but double your post by accident, my bad.
>>15450840
fuck the memes, GM was based
>V8 that can fit in literally anything
>Auto gearbox that's actually fun
>>15450847
Oh.
Well, as you said, our cars are pretty much using the same gearbox, to me that's pretty dope but econobox feels
>>15450847
Now that that's all cleared up, *you* go to bed.
>>15450723
You do know that you can go taller than 1.0 right?
>>15450863
Yah interesting although GM cheaped out by using foreign design.
>>15450865
k
>>15450857
Chevy Master Race
Best of both worlds
>>15450385
Sure, if you drive a car with no power and never go on the highway.
>>15450887
that's a nice lookin' ticking time bomb you got there.
>>15450385
SMG master race reporting in.
>>15450880
emperors_new_groove_just_right.jpg
I'm a sucker for these wheels. Not sure if they're just steels with hubcaps or what but they look right on a Nova
>>15450891
>vehicle that's so shit at driving it needs 10 gears to move.
>>15450891
how much power does the average truck have?
>>15450898
Go or blow, nigga
>>15450910
You must be 18 or older to use this website.
>>15450906
Those my friend are poverty caps, and they're my favorite wheel on a throwback chebby.
*especially* with a red stripe tire like that, that tire totally sets it off.
>>15450912
18 wheelers in the US will normally have 400HP-600HP and 1500-2000lb/ft of tork.
>>15450915
mopars blow, chevys go.
get dat slow shit out mah door.
>>15450933
>mfw chevy cried so hard to bill france they got the hemi and boss 429 banned
>>15450917
Then why is u here
>>15450922
hot
>>15450952
>mfw hellcat is pigfat anyway
>>15450952
>big three all produced small block V8s
>except Chrysler and Ford got to use big blocks
I can see why, anyway Bill France was fucked in the head
>>15450976
I really hope this doesn't turn into a "This small block is better" debate.
>"Big blocks are better anyway, anonfag."
this is why the 427 exists, say waht you will, the fucking 427 is awesome af.
>>15450902
>>15451005
All of them have their appeal
>>15451005
you all are talking shit about the wrong toliet. no one cares about nascar either.
chevy gave the best big blocks to can am teams. END OF STORY
All you kids and your new fangled 5 and 6 speed transmissions. In my day we had 2 speeds and we liked it.
>>15451157
theres just something nice about how a big block shakes the concrete as it drives by. a small block just has another sound to it all together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKOki34YkK4
>>15450385
6 speed manual is the sweetest (with properly spaced gears, 6th is overdrive, 5th is 1:1). But with shitboxes with 100 hp you would actually need a 7 speed but that would be just too much shifting.
>>15451189
>literally sets off car alarms as it rolls by
man i wish i had a big ass ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonisqLOnXo
>>15450385
What makes 6 speed for autist? 5 closer ratio gears get me to ~150 mph nicely if I want, and 6 drops the rpm way down for them cruising mpg's
>>15451194
then why does the c7 have the 7 speed
emissions?
>>15451199
it does. listen to that idle at the beginning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzzknBuD1vo
>>15451205
So much torque that the engine can run at low rpm on the highway and still have enough power. Running at low revs = better consumption (and also emissions, proportionally).
In 100hp shitboxes you would need 7 speeds to keep the engine in the max torque range all the time while accelerating (max torque in an N/A I4 engine normally starts at 4500 rpm). But you would have to just shift all the time so it's not practical.
>>15451218
why not just change only 6th gear? it was already pretty steep
nobody was power shifting that 5th to 6th before anyway.
>>15450409
Hydraulic no question. I haven't driven many cable clutched cars but the ones I have had all around inferior clutch feel to a hydraulic in good shape.
>>15451199
>dat lopey as fuck cam
>>15451235
I don't know actually. Perhaps it's technically hard to do, but I doubt that.
>>15451256
You can't just do whatever you want, you're confined within the final gear ratio.
