which is better and why forward or reverse pattern mvb

crash520 said

Ok, all you trans guru's apart from the obvious difference between a forward and reverse pat manual valve body, what’s the difference, I thought I read somewhere that the reverse pattern was better due to pressures or something, is there a significant difference? why do people use the reverse pattern mostly?

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The RPVB will work with the stock floor shifter because you hit the detent on every shift.

The FBVB allows you to miss a gear or just plain old hit neutral.

So unless you are running the stock floor shifter I can't think of any reason to run a RPVB.


In regards to street use, It's the best of both worlds. I like it. How much do you shift really?

As far as the neutral stuff mentioned. Not an issue with the factory shifter. You can instantly go from 3rd to neutral because there are no detents going down except the reverse detent.