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Originally Posted by jwick
You still haven't provided an example. I'm not going to read thru all that to prove your point. That burden is on you. There are plenty of MTs holding serious power.
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I just did. I did not see a single AT over 400 ft-lbs in that list. The highest I found was the guy in Australia running a 4.2L and pushing 540 Nm (398 ft-lbs). There are barely a handful over 350 ft-lbs (I found 6 others), and at least that many if not more that aren't even over 300 ft-lbs boosted. Now that's fuckin weak
MT handles way more with just clutch/csc upgrade. And considering those are already supporting mods expected for boost, you barely have to spend any extra funds (just depends on which clutch you choose) to take advantage of the torque available to the MT.
So let's clarify. The MT handles quite a bit of power in stock forum (clutch is not part of the transmission internals). The AT in stock form is quite weak in terms of power, but shifts ever so slightly faster. Basic AT upgrades (not the $4K Level10 build) can't even reach stock MT power limits. Yeah, I'll go with the manual, please
I implore the AT drivers to come up with other arguments that cannot be dismissed so easily