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There was a guy who turbo'd his auto civic just a couple weeks ago, try doing a search, I guess it turned out pretty good for him

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Special FX is right though.. I do prefer manual to automatic, but he makes a strong case. And if it already has the automatic tranny... hell, leave it and if/when it goes, swap in a manual if you'd like.

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I drive an automatic turbo car and I think its still fun and quick. But I'm still gonna swap in a manual this summer 8)

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My car is an auto and I run almost the same times as 5 spds with similair setups.

There are advantages to both but try running times as consistant as mine with a manual. I can run the same time within a hundreth of a second all night long.

I have a 4 spd auto in the sunfire, its electronically controlled so I have the line pressure increased with an Auto-trans interceptor which works quite well. Makes driving more fun since it shifts just like a shift kit in an older car.

Also another good point is that I launch with boost and I dont have to respool after every shift. I feel that time makes up for the drivetrain loss. If you do a rolling stop though at a high speed my gearing hurts me and I'd probably lose.

Regardless turbocharging any vehicle is worth it.

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There was a video on line i saw a year ago that had an automatic supra and a manual supra race at the track. And the manual supra killed the auto. But there are some good points in having an auto. I dont think its a fun or as fast as a manual though imo. :-\

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Thats why most old people love powerglide autos right?

Who knows what mods those two cars had, it would have to be a similiar setup. Most drag cars are autos and for good reason. If you can make the power and change the stahl speed.... then your doing well.

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The only good autos have manual valve bodies.

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there were around the same power

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go for it man, boost is fun and its hard and expensive to convert auto to manual.

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For a civic especially, manuals are way better, but try to find a guy at the track running 10 second quarters with a manual. Most if not all full out drag cars have wicked autos in them. But, again, this is a turbo auto civic for the street, get a stick.