The question of the day: Stick with auto or go auto to stick?

Tantibus-74 said

Well I actually called Passon in regards to their Hemi A833 4spd OD trans. A bit pricey, and the guy on the phone was kind of an a**hole. Then I looked at Brewers. OD would really be nice! Is there a way to beef up the original A833 OD? If there is, sign me up! I'll get one and do it myself! I'm willing to tear into things and reverse engineer it.
That's how I was able to rebuild the A999 I have.

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I have sold a couple of the OD units and have kept a couple. There are two mainshaft diameters and I have the larger of the two. I have them in aluminum or I have a cast iron case that will need going through. The aluminum one is rebuilt....looks pretty good. My research on this site, tells me that guys tend to shy away from the OD unit because of RPM drop in between shifts, so if going for a strict drag or Light to Light car, steer clear of OD units. If you don't mind the drop (I personally am going to run one to see what its all about, but I have both types of units) then I say go for the OD. They usually come with a 3.09 first. So with a 3:23-3:91 rear (pending on wheel height) you should have a hell of a first gear launch. Building in as much torque into a motor as you can will lend to not noticing the RPM drop.

I am shooting from the hip on some of this logic so go easy on ol clem......just a guy....tryin to shed some light....