Automatic???
04-19-2004, 03:57 PM
#14
1.5 BAR
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,067
Re:Automatic???
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.
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.
04-19-2004, 04:16 PM
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Re:Automatic???
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. 
04-19-2004, 07:29 PM
#16
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Re:Automatic???
Originally Posted by Dragon
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.
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.
04-19-2004, 07:59 PM
#18
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Re:Automatic???
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.
04-20-2004, 03:06 PM
#20
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,950
Re:Automatic???
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.
