Tuners Just Built The Stick-Shift C8 Corvette Chevy Said Would Never Happen
Traditionalists mourned the death of the stick shift in America's current generation sports car, but one aftermarket team has successfully mated a Tremec six-speed to a C8 Corvette and is readying it for production.
When Chevrolet rolled out the C8 generation, it drew a hard line in the sand, insisting that the platform was built exclusively for a DCT, thereby leaving zero room for a traditional clutch pedal. Purists grumbled, but what could you do? Rowing your own gears has pretty much become a thing of the past.
Enter Peitz Performance Tunes, a shop that has pulled off what has so far been considered wishful thinking. Collaborating closely with component heavyweights, it managed to squeeze a Tremec TR-9060 six-speed manual transaxle into the C8 layout. Of course, shoehorning a manual gearbox into a car whose entire nervous system was coded for an automatic is a headache all by itself;...
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