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From: [email protected] (Chris Silvester)
Subject: Re: SHO and SC

In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Robert Loper) writes:
>In article  [email protected] (James P. Callison) writes:
>>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (David Hwang) writes:
>>
>>I would be willing to bet that if we removed the automatic
>>transmissions from all "performance-type" cars (like the 5.0l
>>Mustangs, Camaros, and the like) we'd cut down on the number of
>>accidents each year. Autos are fine for sedate little sedans,
>>but they have no business in performance cars, IMHO.
>>
>>				James
>>
>I have to disagree with this.  I have a 92 Z28 with a 350 and a 4-speed auto
>w/ overdrive, and it is really better that way.  Chevy autos are reknowned
>for their long life and ability to handle copious amount of power.  I live 
>in the Dallas area, and a manual would be much harder to drive in the traffic 
>here.  Now if I still lived out in the sticks like I used to, a manual would be
>more fun.  
>
I don't know if it's as much an issue of their ablility to handle the
power as it is the power they lose (in the torque converter, etc).

>Safety-wise, an auto is less distracting...I would hate to have to be    
>shifting gears while I was trying to ease into traffic in the freeways here.
>Performance-wise, I can hold my own against any stock 5.0 Mustang or 5.0
>Camaro w/ a five speed.  
>
However, if you encounter a '93 Formula with 5.7L & 6-Speed Manual,
You'll be SOL, I'm afraid. ;) BTW, I know of what I speak as a former
owner of a 5.7L Auto IROC (1989) and current owner of the
aforementioned car... 
 
Chris S. 
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