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Tremec now has their own brand of manual transmission fluid
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<blockquote data-quote="01yellercobra" data-source="post: 16054135" data-attributes="member: 35549"><p>I'd say it's more about the tolerances. The newer transmissions have the tighter tolerances so they're less forgiving if you hit the gear a little less than perfect. A couple years ago I had a Muncie out of a 69 Vette rebuilt. It had a stock style clutch and a Hurst shifter. I honestly didn't think that trans felt as positive as my T-56 going into gear. You could tell it was a "looser" trans. And that was right after the rebuild.</p><p></p><p>A lets not forget leverage. Everyone says the older transmissions were easier to shift. Well, look at the length of the shifter. Hell, the chrome stick that stuck up through the console in that Vette was close to a foot long. Now we have shift handles that are a couple inches long. So yeah, it's going to take a little more effort to shift through the gears. </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm just numb or I just don't know better. But in my time I've driven a buddies 54 Chevy Apache with a 4 speed, a 67 Camaro with a Verti-gate shifter, a 56 Ford 2 ton dumb truck with a split rear end, and other odds and ends. So I think it's safe to say I've dealt with a manual trans or two. But I've never considered any of the transmissions in my late model Mustangs notchy or hard to shift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="01yellercobra, post: 16054135, member: 35549"] I'd say it's more about the tolerances. The newer transmissions have the tighter tolerances so they're less forgiving if you hit the gear a little less than perfect. A couple years ago I had a Muncie out of a 69 Vette rebuilt. It had a stock style clutch and a Hurst shifter. I honestly didn't think that trans felt as positive as my T-56 going into gear. You could tell it was a "looser" trans. And that was right after the rebuild. A lets not forget leverage. Everyone says the older transmissions were easier to shift. Well, look at the length of the shifter. Hell, the chrome stick that stuck up through the console in that Vette was close to a foot long. Now we have shift handles that are a couple inches long. So yeah, it's going to take a little more effort to shift through the gears. Maybe I'm just numb or I just don't know better. But in my time I've driven a buddies 54 Chevy Apache with a 4 speed, a 67 Camaro with a Verti-gate shifter, a 56 Ford 2 ton dumb truck with a split rear end, and other odds and ends. So I think it's safe to say I've dealt with a manual trans or two. But I've never considered any of the transmissions in my late model Mustangs notchy or hard to shift. [/QUOTE]
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