Your right, they never mated the V12 to the 5-speed manual tranny. Remember that the reason that they used the V12 is because of smoothness, not speed. 0-60 ranges from 5.8 to 7.5. They changes the engine size from 5.0 to 5.6.

-James

SVT with CE light mod and a camera mount.
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Why yes it is true, I am on my third engine.