Originally Posted by
Firebirdjones
Ya the auto is much friendlier to the rearend. Buddy of mine ran his auto LS1 for 3 years on a 175 shot,,,an otherwise stock car with nothing but a Diablo tune to play with a few things, and he ran 1.5 60 foot times on drag radials and the car went 11.30's at 121 mph without issues.
Thats not to say I recommend it,,,as a matter of fact he was always a little nervous at the track with the car just because......
I had one of those 10 bolt rears let go while upshifting for 3rd gear, and took the transmission with it,,,going at a pretty good clip in an 11 second car and I nearly put it into the wall :no: Never again will a sticky tire go on a car with a 7.5 10 bolt if I'm driving it...