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Originally Posted by ctt956
Nice! I want to convert one of these(or really any car) to electric. Have you done a quarter mile with it yet?  I can understand upgrading the engine, but why replace the manual tranny with an automatic? Is there not one that can handle the torque of the V8(I'm assuming) you swapped in? |
My educated guess is that he's looking more for ease of driving as opposed to the issues of a manual transmission not holding up to the torque.
I think you will find that in fact a manual transmission will hold up far better than an automatic when placed behind a high torque engine application.
Hope you get to try your vehicle modification at some point in the future.