Thread: Challenger Powertrain Question - Part 2 - Transmission Selection
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Re: Challenger Powertrain Question - Part 2 - Transmission Selection
Originally Posted by 4dr Economy Car
The manual will offer more of a performance increase with the V6 than it will with the V8's. A 425 hp SRT-8 should be plenty fast with either trans., but
the V6 manual could easily be one second faster from 0 to 60 than the V6 auto version (and get better gas mileage, and cost less to buy!)
There is no way a manual is going to be a second faster than a automatic....3-4 tents at best. The reason I know is I use to drag race and I had a automatic mustang ran it and did a 5 speed conversion and ran it and there was only 4 tents difference and this was with the same car.
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