5 speed

[95ThAHOE]

Ive never seen a 5 speed manual tahoe in my life, whats the deal? It says on the internet that it was an option but ive never seen one.

 

[General Stalin]

Umm I think they may have got rid of the option in the later model years ('97+?) but you coul;d definitely get 5-speed manual in the earlier models.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

in my loooong search for a really nice tahoe in my price range i did find a 5 speed tahoe. i want to say it was a 95 or 96.

 

[boostaholic]

I've lifted a few, did a 6" procomp/3" body on 37's 2dr a few months ago. He's coming back for some 4.88's this summer.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

sorry for being off topic, but how much are the gears and install?

 

[boostaholic]

I'll have to check, something like $1200-$1400 depending on what you want. I usually make them buy a trutrac or you'll grenade the housing, well worth the extra $500 or so.

 

[yukondoit]

I got a 5 speed in my 94 kon. My kon is a base model. I love driving it, manual tranny makes it that more fun to drive.:thumbsup:

 

[GMCYukalade]

My dad and I were really thinking about putting a manual in to one of my Kons, i think it would be fun

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

i'd love to have a 5-speed in my tahoe. should have looked harder for one before i put all those beefed up parts in the auto trans.

 

[General Stalin]

Honestly, as weird as it may seem, a finely tuned automatic tranmission will always be better than a comparable manual transmission (relatively).

Once you get really into making a transmission for performance, you would modify an automatic with a manual valve body and some serious servos. Essentially with a manual valve body shift kit, you are shifting yourself just like in a manual (there is not "Drive" option in a full manual valve body) but what makes the automatic with a manual valve body better than the actual standard transmission is that the cluthing is entirely mechanical and controlled by hydraulic pressure. In a manual, you control the clutching, which leaves room for variables, inconsitancies, and lots of human error. With an automatic with a nice shift kit installed, the changing of the gears will ALWAYS be a hard, fast, and instant exchange of gears using lots of fluid pressure. It's a battle of means to an end, though, because you lose a lot more power though an automatic transmission versus a manual transmission.

all I know is, I can't wait till I finally have my hands on a nice 4L80E and get it all beefed up with the right hardware.