[Shotimes] ATX or MTX?

[Rick Glass]

I say go with a console shift automatic, you can keep the sports car feel of
having your hand on the shifter, and if you want to play with the gears you
can be sure to make the O/D off button operational, I really enjoy that
button on teh hwy....
Yes MTX's are fun, but the peaceful ease of an ATX is very nice, especially
in a non-track use daily driver.



Rick Glass
      Nashville, TN
' 96 BS 171k  good tranny
       Kirk'd Feb. 3
'99 Silver 41k   Parked
      Flowmaster Original 40's
      3rd cat/resonator removed
      Intake slighly modified (but not Porterized)
      will be Kirk'd at the next Southeast CamFest (August)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] ATX or MTX?


> I am embarking on a SHO wagon project.  Parts are coming my way that
enable
> me to choose:  The SHO wagon could be an ATX or MTX.
>
> The SHO wagon will get used for vacations and around town.  It will be
daily
> fun and a highway cruiser, not built for competition.  (We have other SHOs
> for high-speed track days, low-speed autocross, and such.)
>
> The ATX might be easier.  That was what Brian Klimes did with Thumper.  I
> wouldn't have to mount a clutch pedal, I could perhaps use the column
> shifter already in the car, and then I wouldn't have to horse with
mounting
> a floor shifter, console, and new seats.  The downside is it would be an
ATX
> which I wouldn't feel confident about until it had had an expensive
rebuild
> (FPS).
>
> On the other hand...  I like an MTX.  The key reason I bought my first SHO
> (a 92, bought in 96) was that it was the only real American-made true
> 5-seater that I could get with an MTX.  All of my SHOs are MTXs:  91, 91
> Plus, and 92.  I have an 85K MTX on hand that I would want to open,
refresh,
> and maybe go Quaiffe.  I would welcome the challenge of doing my own
tranny
> rebuild, and could fall back on Courtney if need be.  I would need to buy
> and install a rod shifter, I have a console, and would need to refurbish
> some mocha seats I have.
>
> I have to confess that (1) I've never driven an ATX SHO, only MTX, so I
> cannot compare, and (2) driving the wagon with its present 3.8L/AXOD has a
> kind of serenity and I do see the attraction.  Yeah, I'm getting older.
On
> the other hand, though an MTX is more work in traffic, we don't have too
> much traffic here in La Crosse, and I really do like the feeling of
> directness in an MTX as opposed to the ambiguity of an ATX.
>
> I guess I'm looking for the MTX crowd to say "Luke, search your feelings.
> Don't give in to the dark side."  Something like that.   : )
>
> Joseph van Oss
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