Originally Posted by Grape Ape (Post 94211)

The L76’s deact lifters are not able to absorb as much lift as the LS2’s stock cam has. So if you installed a hotter cam the valves still would open slightly when the cam hit max lift and confuse the computer.

I am expecting someone to start offering hot cams rocker packages for these motors soon that would bump the valve lift up to whatever the valve spring and piston clearance allow.

I also expect the power to be the same for stick and autos with the next generation of small blocks since they should be designed for AFM.

Originally Posted by Ralniv

Does anyone know if the AFM engines are mod-friendly? Will the engine computer barf if you improve engine breathing (.e.g. intake, exhaust or cam swap).

Originally Posted by 2K05GT (Post 97131)

"We optimized the shift points,"

Originally Posted by fastball (Post 97147)

Any skilled manual transmission driver will also optimize their shift points :D

I guarantee you, I will go up against an automatic SS with my manual, and beat the automatic off the line and in the quarter each and every time.

If you know how and when to shift (the how is almost more important than the when), you can beat the fastest shifting automatics in the world (with the exception of F1 transmissions, which aren't really automatics anyway).

Originally Posted by 2K05GT (Post 97188)

Well after you pratice for a while , But I will bet if we both bought our cars at the same time and left the dealer I would win for a week or so.

Originally Posted by fastball (Post 97235)

I've been driving stick since I was 15. So that's 16 solid years of driving nothing but stick (okay, occasionally I had to drive my Mom's LeSabre or Delta 88 when I still lived at home 10 years ago), and I've burned out only 1 clutch, at that clutch had 167,000 miles on it. All of them mine.

1 minute behind the seat of the Camaro and I'll have it figured out. Clutch take up point, gear pattern and throw, sweet spot of the engine.

Originally Posted by 2K05GT (Post 97276)

I have been driving a stick for 30 years, I raced Pro Stock in the early 80's
and each car is different beleive me it will take time to get used to a setup.

Check out www.rangeracceleration.com you never can have too much practice

Check out my Sig, Stock Motor, Stock Auto Tranny Mustang GT with just Bolt-ons
running 12.41 @ 109 these new auto trannys are freaking fast.

Originally Posted by Dragoneye (Post 99370)

I was actually thinking about tearing those one's down.
There might be something big coming down the pike as far as Camaro information here on the site is concerned...and it would make those stickies obsolete...;)

Originally Posted by fastball (Post 97147)

Any skilled manual transmission driver will also optimize their shift points :D

I guarantee you, I will go up against an automatic SS with my manual, and beat the automatic off the line and in the quarter each and every time.

If you know how and when to shift (the how is almost more important than the when), you can beat the fastest shifting automatics in the world (with the exception of F1 transmissions, which aren't really automatics anyway).