[ATaylorRacing]

A perfect question for me! Having drag raced since 83 I have a definate Y E S for you. My 84 Horizon broke 11 manuals until I put an automatic in it in 90. That automatic lasted almost 50,000 miles until it was plain worn out. It also had a lock up converter which I activated by a simple 12V switch since my car didn't have the proper CU for that function. The next automatic now has over 1000,000 miles on it and last year I had the fluid and filter changed, no machine flushing the easy way, but the old fashioned way. The 1st automatic had brown and smelly fluid after 25,000 miles, this tranny had like new fluid! The difference being the FMVB. Instead of the nice smooth barelly noticeable shifts during normal driving, it was more like...Bam into the next gear. You can more effectively use engine braking with it too, but in 1st gear you are freewheeling when not on the gas. I don't know if that is just due to the tranny I use or not. AND YES, I still drive on the streets and do not tow it to the track.