Manual trans swaps: Cheapest vs Easiest vs Best Performing vs Best Driving Experience
It would be really hard for me to use an 833 in any modern build-up unless I was using it in an original 4 speed car and wanted to stay close to stock etc.
The 833 was a great gearbox. It still is. But it's also heavy and....not-the-smoothest-shifting. Far from it. It also doesn't have an overdrive, or if it does it has only 3 non-OD gears.
I have no experience with Passon and the like but certainly there are other threads on this BB worth reading.
If I had my choice of a street driven manual gearbox, I'd use a TR-6060 out of a Hellcat (not any other version due to gear ratios). It's heavy and not the best shifting, either, but it handles lots of power and has two OD's that are 'intelligently' geared.
For a race gearbox, I'd look into a Liberty or G-Force or one of the other boxes that shift fast and are super light.
Of course, the mighty green Valiant's transmission offers the best in terms of high RPM clutch dropping and manual gear changes but will also gladly change gears automatically should you fear a missed shift or get caught in traffic or wish to have Granny run to the stores for smokes and vodka.
It would be really hard for me to use an 833 in any modern build-up unless I was using it in an original 4 speed car and wanted to stay close to stock etc.
The 833 was a great gearbox. It still is. But it's also heavy and....not-the-smoothest-shifting. Far from it. It also doesn't have an overdrive, or if it does it has only 3 non-OD gears.
I have no experience with Passon and the like but certainly there are other threads on this BB worth reading.
If I had my choice of a street driven manual gearbox, I'd use a TR-6060 out of a Hellcat (not any other version due to gear ratios). It's heavy and not the best shifting, either, but it handles lots of power and has two OD's that are 'intelligently' geared.
For a race gearbox, I'd look into a Liberty or G-Force or one of the other boxes that shift fast and are super light.
Of course, the mighty green Valiant's transmission offers the best in terms of high RPM clutch dropping and manual gear changes but will also gladly change gears automatically should you fear a missed shift or get caught in traffic or wish to have Granny run to the stores for smokes and vodka.
