# Why going fast with a 6spd sucks... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790 "2007-10-29T06:50:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/1 "2007-10-29T06:50:19Z")
[http://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=805897](http://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=805897) This was a built tranny & with a kevlar blanket for my bellhousing… ---
**Author:** ![FBodyMadnezz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fbodymadnezz/32/7433_2.png) [@FBodyMadnezz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FBodyMadnezz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/2 "2007-10-29T06:56:59Z")
Best 60’ 1.27 / Best MPH 155.07 …daaaammnnnn that is shitty though. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/3 "2007-10-29T06:57:32Z")
no pics? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/4 "2007-10-29T06:58:52Z")
He is gonna post a vid ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/5 "2007-10-29T06:59:14Z")
[quote=“FormulaLS1,post:4,topic:37790"”] He is gonna post a vid [/quote] i wanna see pics of carnage not a vid of it blowing apart ---
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/6 "2007-10-29T11:53:32Z")
[quote=“taner”"] …grab second gear and yank the wheels about 6-8"… [/quote] fuuuuuuuuuuuck :lol: ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/7 "2007-10-29T12:20:01Z")
dang thats a stinker. hes lucky ---
**Author:** ![Oroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/8 "2007-10-29T13:19:30Z")
wow thats crazy, i’ll just keep being a street hero with my 6speed. ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/9 "2007-10-29T14:00:54Z")
Ya I saw that thats kinda coomon. Don Garlits is missing some toes from that back in the day, I \<3 my 6sp, now with a rearend and slicks that dead hook. launching off the shift lite, FTW ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/10 "2007-10-29T14:22:17Z")
I HATE YOU SPERMULA. YOU ARE NOT HELPING MY CAUSE AND PEACE OF MIND… UGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHHHH ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/11 "2007-10-29T14:24:24Z")
I thought you were going for drive ability and gas mileage in 08…No fast for you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/12 "2007-10-29T14:26:03Z")
[quote=“FormulaLS1,post:11,topic:37790"”] I thought you were going for drive ability and gas mileage in 08…No fast for you 🙂 [/quote] nigga im going 8’s. tomorrow. 1dayaway ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/13 "2007-10-29T14:26:50Z")
wheels up for oroc in 08 on his 6 spd 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/14 "2007-10-29T14:59:34Z")
[quote=“psphinx81,post:13,topic:37790"”] wheels up for oroc in 08 on his 6 spd 😛 [/quote] Ya just like i did this year, 2.40 60ft. must have been with the back tires right? ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/15 "2007-10-29T15:10:20Z")
u said ur launching at 7k this year mister 🙂 not 4 and still bog lol ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-going-fast-with-a-6spd-sucks/37790/16 "2007-10-29T16:01:13Z")
got to have that scattershield That same kind of injury is what led Don Garlits to build the rear engine swamp rat.