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Originally Posted by IsaacHayes
I was refering to the L body crowd, but there is both 282 and 284's from the factory in W bodies. The 282 was on the 3.1/etc and the 284 was on the LQ1s.
(l body again) Even a 3.69 geared 4t60-e (3400 modified) behind a cammed headered 3400/3500 can't pull a 13 1/4 yet, but the old lighter smaller 3spd auto behind a stock headered 3500 can... So yeah it does suck power. A 5spd is all mechanical gears with no fluid losses or extra crap to turn.
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I thought I remember hearing a FWD manual tranny had about a 15-16% drivetrain loss and an auto had around 18-19%. But then again, this is what I thought I remember hearing, so don't quote me on it. But yeah, as far as loosing power through the trans, manual > auto.
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