[Tim Votaw]

Guess I'll weigh in with an opinion here. I have to use an automatic, too - lost leg in Vietnam.

After a lot of deliberation and research, I went with an AOD specially-built by Lentech out of Ontario, Canada. They built it to an 800 fwhp spec, including a lot of forged parts, solid shafts, extra kolene & kevlar clutches, etc. They built a valve body designed to allow me to decelerate the car in downshifting, such as desirable on a road course or a bit of spirited driving on backroads.

I haven't installed it yet - waiting on a new 427W from Performance Eng., then out comes the 408 and the Art Carr Extreme AOD, which is no slouch, either.

My point, I guess is that the AOD can be made to do double duty and live, whereas I'm told the C4 has to reach a point in its modifications where it no longer is fun or friendly on the street in order to kick butt on the strip. I don't profess to know much about C4's, so I defer to others, but I chose otherwise for the reasons stated above.

TimV