I need a new transmission in my 89 RS
and im thinking about putting in a dual clutch transmission
do i need a new torque conveter or is my stock one gonna hold up,
and what kind of shifter do i need? im not sure if the tiptronic ones are
what i hafta buy

 

You want to put in a what?

 

a manual/automatic valve body transmission

 

So you want an automatic with a manual valvebody.

 

its like an automated manual transmission
its basically like a manual transmission but without a clutch pedal
the driver basically tells it when to up or down shift or leave it completely up to the computer

 

All your are doing is making your automatic transmission not automatic anymore, it has nothing to do with a manual (stlye) transmission...

 

yeah, so i was wondering if i need a tiptronic shifter or what

 

Any automatic shifter is fine... Whatever floats your boat really, even the stock auto shifter is fine unless you want a slap/ratchet shifter...

 

you just need a manual valve body and virtually any aftermarket shifter.

 

Actually, I have some good news for you!!

You already have an automatic transmission that you can shift through the gears!!

All automatic transmissions alow you to upshift, and downshift, and, also leave it in drive so it will shift itself. If you get a manual valve body, you have to upshift and downshift manually all of the time. IE: if you come to a stop with the shifter in 3rd, (drive) you will start out in 3rd.

 

a tiptronic shifter will do jack for you unless you have a tiptronic trans with all the electronic crap.. but with that guy.. it can work that way.. theres also some shift kits that allow you to be more in control than stock..


or you could just stop being a weenie and get a stick.. just kidding.. but IMO, sticks are WAY more fun to drive.. harder to hook up but more fun

 

i would love to have a manual transmission put into my car! im just looking at what i can do to emulate that in the closest way possible and what is still feasible for me to install.
what im looking at is a site called eatmyshift.com
this is the link to the product im looking at http://racetransmissions.com/store/p...products_id/32
ive been trying to talk to the site but i guess i still dont understand exactly
what that particular transmission does so exclusively

 

oh!! i was reading over your last post stinger, i wasnt thinking that i can already do that cause i didnt really realized that drive worked as third gear
i think i kinda know what im looking for now
thanks

 

A manual vb is NOT reccomended for street driving. There are many issues with using one for continued street driving. If you want full manual control in a mostly street driven car, swap in a manual trans.

What ever you do, stay away from Monster Transmission. - If you do a search you'll find many reasons why.....

 

uhhh, No offence but do u have a idea whats going on, What he was describing was a manual valve body, in which u use a aftermarket shifter to shift into each gear, his example was when coming to a stop if u left it in third gear u would start out in third gear.

My Advice: do some research

 

thank you 350tpi! that is what ive been talking about and ive gathered enough information now to know what im looking for and what i want, but what i wanna know is whats wrong with monster transmission
i did a search, Shaggy, and dont know what your problem is, why dont you make it easy for me and tell me whats so bad about them and ill choose to listen or not.