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Pontiac - Street No question too basic here! |
View Poll Results: Stick or Auto? | |||
Stick | 109 | 54.77% | |
Auto | 90 | 45.23% | |
Voters: 199. You may not vote on this poll |
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Poll: Stick or Auto?
Which transmission type is in your street Pontiac?
If you own multiple cars, which trans type is in your favorite street Pontiac? Only two choices here: 1) Stick 2) Auto |
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Stick on the street. Auto at the track.
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X2 on the stick for street, auto for strip. Would go with auto for street/strip, IF you really wanna do any competitive bracket racing.
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Auto in both. Auto seems more consistent at track
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My 65 GTO has an auto.
My 78 TA has a 4-speed. I can't vote both ways.
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3 Generations of "Beach Boys Racing" ! Everybody knows somthin. Nobody knows everything ! 1st time on a dragstrip, 1964. Flagstart ! "Thanks for the entertainment." "Real Indians Don't Wear Bowties" |
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TH 400
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Bull Nose Formula-461, 6x-4, Q-jet, HEI, TH400, 8.5 3.08, superslowjunk |
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Auto for me. Besides, I can't physically drive a manual transmission (or ride a bike) because my legs (knees) are fixed straight.
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- Mike '69 Firebird 400 - Goldenrod Yellow, 455 +.060, '6s-7' heads, Comp Cam 276AH-10 (51-309-4), TH400, Ford 9-inch w/3.08, 800cfm Q-jet, Stock Intake, Hooker Headers, Flowmasters '68 Coronet 500 Convertible - Medium Gold Metallic, stock 318 +100,000 miles |
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My car is currently auto but will be manual when it's done.
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I like the stick shift but when I got the car it has a TH350 soon to be a 700R4. My car may see the track once or twice while I own it but it will be a street car. I don't see the benefit to convert over to a stick.
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Let's make welfare as hard to get as Veterans benefits! |
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I prefer a stick, but drive an auto due to health problems with my feet and legs.
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LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET THE HE!! OUT OF THE WAY!!! HONEST JERRY'S SPEED AND EQUIPMENT
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M20 stick, with stock shifter and correct 64 console.
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64 Lemans hardtop 4spd, buckets |
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Autogear M22W 4 speed.
If I lived near a track it would be an automatic.
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Only a pawn in game of life. |
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At the strip, a manual trans + line lock is just too much going on to be humanly consistent in serious bracket racing. For street driving, and hanging some bends, I'll take a manual over an auto, just so much more driver feel and control. For casual timed runs at the strip, I don't have a preference.
When I can't drive my manual any more, my son can take me for rides.... in what will then be his car. ( he just got his junior driving permit) My 1976 Formula has a Borg Warner Super T10. |
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Definitely stick on the street for the fun and challenge. The 4-speed was put up on the garage shelf all the time I was flogging it at the drags, and only went back in when the car was retired to pure street duty.
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Mick Batson 1967 original owner Tyro Blue/black top 4-speed HO GTO with all the original parts stored safely away -- 1965 2+2 survivor AC auto -- 1965 Catalina Safari Wagon. |
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For me, a vintage performance car, demands a stick.
Even my wife, when we were looking for her toy car (the '72 Camaro), insisted on a stick. |
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For me it has to be a stick, way more fun. My strip only car had a Jerico 4 speed, just as consistent as an automatic, as long as you hit your shift points. If they weren't, pro stock wouldn't use them.
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Stick=fun
Auto=faster, more consistant I have a stick in may car for now, but it is a handful with the amount of power the car has. Fun as hell! |
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Stick for the street AND the track is what I prefer. Even my wife prefers it that way, her daily is a stick car. We are a little more old school than most.
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4 speed for me!
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On the street, I would like to have my 3spd stick back in. Something about a stick in a big car is kinda cool. For bracket racing, you need to be a lot better driver than I am to compete with a stick, which is why I installed the TH400!
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68 Firebird-- Street/Strip - 400/461 Eagle Forged Bottom End & Ross Flat top pistons. KRE 325 CFM D port, Ultradyne 263/271 @.050, .4267 lift. Crower Solid roller lifters and 1.65 stainless rockers. Quickfuel 1000 on Torker2 intake and 2" open spacer. Hedman 1.75" headers. TH400 w/brake. Ford 9" w/3.80 gears & 28x9 Hoosier pro bracket drag radial. Best ET: 1.35 60ft, 6.29 @ 107.20 mph, 9.99 @132.33 mph. 3,300 race weight |
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