Oh I am sure there will always be those you like this or that and those that dont. I am not saying one is necessarily better than the other, however talking to some of the custom guys at SEMA, all of those that I talked to were running HYD. I have a HYD in my Viper and 10 Challenger and they work great. I have had a fair number of old school mopars with the stock linkage and while they functioned as intended, with this car I wanted to try something different. This is one of the reasons I chose to go with the slave Cyl. option, if I decide I want to go stock, I can do so w/o removing the trans. The other issue I have/had witht the HYD TB is adjustment and leakage, for both, you have to remove the trans.