700r auto vs 5-speed

[crazymoritz97]

hey guys and women
do u know any one that as done this ot ther truck isit with it or should I stay with the 5-speed
please get back to me from moritz97

[TrackVino]

I have a 700r4 in my 4runner running a chevy 4.3

Just got it running, so havent driven it much, but will be doing lots of testing this weekend. Check out my build, just click on the signature banner at the bottom of my post

[FIREBALL]

What motor are you running. If you're running a yota motor, i'd stay with the 5spd. Autos rob a lot of power and when you don't start out with much it will be a dog. If you go with a 4.3 or bigger, then it would work fine. I stuck with the 5spd. I just like manuals more, especially on the down hills, but it's pretty much personal preferance at that point.

[blackdiamond]

Spend your money on dual ultimate transfer cases and you won't have any reason to need an automatic. 

[skid]

Having 700r4 now, it's had to think of not having it.   However they aren't bulletproof and that's allways in my head.  If I had a toy motor I would stick with the 5 spd.

[kyle_22r]

i like manuals, they're probably all i'd ever run since i have more fun driving them.  then again, you need the gears or you'll be stalling, burning the clutch and bombing over some stuff that you could idle over over with dual cases.  that's kind of where autos rule.

i'm gonna probably save up for dual cases over the winter, best of both worlds

[crazymoritz97]

hey guy
I'm putting in a 4.3 v-tec in my 80 truck and i have dual t/cases right now and i would just like know if it is nice to have the 700r or the 5-speed if is there is a way I would keep the 4-speed I got
from moritz97

[blackdiamond]

hey guy
I'm putting in a 4.3 v-tec in my 80 truck and i have dual t/cases right now and i would just like know if it is nice to have the 700r or the 5-speed if is there is a way I would keep the 4-speed I got
from moritz97

Anything lower than 100:1 crawl with an automatic and you won't be able to stop the truck without putting it into neutral, so I have heard.