NV5600 for towing only?
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NV5600 for towing only?
I have the NV5600 in my truck. I bought the truck with a standard and looked for almost a year for it because I love standard. Makes me feel like a more involved driver and closer to my truck. Anyways, from all the information I can gather they are basically slightly larger towing transmissions. Are they worth anything when racing? I would think they would do a little better considering they are a little larger. But shifting it seems long and cumbersome compared to my friends 5spd in his 01 2500. Did I buy a truck thats made for towing purposes or can I turn it into a quick machine able to possibly keep up with automatics and other race oriented transmissions? If I can't, then I will clean this one up real nice and just skip injectors, turbos, and all the other goodies, put a nice milage chip on it and make it my daily driver. Then find a nice 12v or second gen 24v and crank it up. Then of course get one for towing but I don't know what body style and engine to get for that yet. Thanks for the input and sorry for the long post.
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The 6spd is designed for towing end of story. The 5spd make a better race trans if you choose to go that route. But, for racing, you can't beat a quality built auto. If your going to sled pull then the manual trans is a better choice. Personally I'm with you, I'd rather have a manual trans. I had a 5spd in my 02 and it made for a better daily driver then my 06 with the 6spd. Now towing, the 6spd would run circle around the 5spd, too much of a drop from 5th to 4th or visa versa.
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If your talking about racing at the track - speed shifting a NV5600 (or NV4500HD for that matter) will quickly lead to problems. Parts are getting to be hard to find. I wouldnt recommend it.
Some will undoubtedly argue, but 6 speeds are either towing machines or daily drivers.
Buckshot beat me by just a hair....
Some will undoubtedly argue, but 6 speeds are either towing machines or daily drivers.
Buckshot beat me by just a hair....
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Hahaha well I appreciate the input from you guys. So basically I bought a daily driver/towing truck and Im screwed on the track but if I want to do sled pulling and the like I would be ok? Even though this information makes me sad what do you guys think. Should I still upgrade the injectors and things like that to have more power and just not take it to the drags or should I just get some small injectors and a smarty junior and call it quits? The good news is I can buy sport models now with the auto trannys and wont have to spend all the money to do all the work to make it a sport.
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I have a 6 speed 24V and auto 98 12V. For daily driving, the auto is good, but when winter comes and the roads turn bad I much prefer the standard - you just have a lot more control.
Youll likely be fine in the sledpull - but Im pretty sure you will have to upgrade the clutch and hydraulics etc.
Just my opinion of course....
Youll likely be fine in the sledpull - but Im pretty sure you will have to upgrade the clutch and hydraulics etc.
Just my opinion of course....
Last edited by Dr. Evil; 10-20-2009 at 08:37 PM.
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Well then my mind has changed. I shall turn it into a monster sled puller and tower for later years. Any suggestions to get started in the direction of sled pulling? I was going for a racing set up but that went south. I want it to be driveable but good sled puller eventhough I dont know **** about it . I damn sure want to try it though! What should I do clutch, injector, turbo, and chip wise? Thanks guys!
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