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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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So women could drive them?

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LOL Biff can drive a manual transmission better than many of the guys I know.

But, no... Manual transmissions of the size and tech couldn't handle that much torque. Automatic transmissions of this kind use a torque converter which is a fluid coupler. They're better able to handle the stresses of the torque, where you'd strip the gears right out of a manual transmission.

See? I'm full of all sorts of useless trivia!

But, now you know why so many muscle cars came with automatic transmissions in their more potent forms. The manual transmissions of the day simply couldn't handle the torque output. You'd hit the gas once and hear ping ping ping as the transmission lost its lunch right there on the freeway onramp.

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I never knew that.

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Yup. The torque converter is a liquid coupling, so it can spin up faster and then the other end of it catches up and spins with it. It lessens the stress on the actual gears. You still get the torque, but it's not as immediate.

Manual transmissions have improved a great deal since the muscle car days. Still, an automatic will handle the torque a bit better. That's one of the benefits of a DCT - dual-clutch transmission, typically used with flappy paddles. My BMW M6 is an automatic - but it's an "automatic manual DCT". It uses both fluid and a two-clutch system.