auto or manual? - Page 2

MonteC · 08-08-2010, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Derek

throw you a built 80 in and you wont have to bother with it again unless you dont want the weight.

I can make a 60e work fine for what im doing.

Carlrx7 · 08-08-2010, 12:10 AM

When you wana go fast, go auto. Agent wana go for fun go manual.

///Mcompact · 08-08-2010, 01:01 AM

Keep the monte an auto.

AverageJoe · 08-08-2010, 01:04 AM

Auto.

BAD BOB · 08-08-2010, 07:25 AM

smart one would go auto. Just my $2

clubracergt1 · 08-08-2010, 04:12 PM

Keeping in mind I am a manual trans guy, I'd go with auto-if the car will be raced at the track. For street fun, it's hard to beat a stick car.

LXtasy · 08-08-2010, 04:48 PM

go auto. manuals are fun i guess , if you like to shift all the time and don't mind stop and go traffic. But nothing beats a nicely stalled auto on the street or track. And no clutches or flywheels to replace, no chances of missing gears , no chance of the shifter knob being hell hot when you need to drive.

MonteC · 08-08-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LXtasy

go auto. manuals are fun i guess , if you like to shift all the time and don't mind stop and go traffic. But nothing beats a nicely stalled auto on the street or track. And no clutches or flywheels to replace, no chances of missing gears , no chance of the shifter knob being hell hot when you need to drive.

Ive driven manuals all my life, all the cars i own that currently run are manual. I drove the dually for 2 or 3 weeks back and forth to work on I26. Stop and fucking go. Im not going to say i enjoyed it but it didnt bother me that bad. Hell i drove a solid week back and forth to work with the dually and the trailer, loaded and unloaded.

But it would be nice to get back into an auto car.

LXtasy · 08-08-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MonteC

Ive driven manuals all my life, all the cars i own that currently run are manual. I drove the dually for 2 or 3 weeks back and forth to work on I26. Stop and fucking go. Im not going to say i enjoyed it but it didnt bother me that bad. Hell i drove a solid week back and forth to work with the dually and the trailer, loaded and unloaded.

But it would be nice to get back into an auto car.

You like what I did there huh? You made up your mind already

Illusions · 08-09-2010, 07:50 AM

Auto, and my tranny guy can't keep vehicles off jackstands. So he not only builds tranny's for slow pos's he keeps them broken down too.

LadyInRed · 08-09-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MonteC

Im leaning toward auto, might save the t56 for Taras car.

As much as I LOVE a manual, unless having a T56 will reach my goals, we could always sell it. I don't want a slow car.

Or put it on there to start then swap it out when its time.

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Originally Posted by LXtasy

You like what I did there huh? You made up your mind already

I think he had it made up when he created the thread

94zson · 01-21-2011, 01:41 AM

DONT GET A MANUAL IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST!!!

Hell i love my car and you know how Damon and I beat the hell out of it. It has already cracked 2 tailshaft housings, an output shaft, and put the car down twice

BTW every time i am in the lights I have to worry about rpms, clutch, lights, nitrous( I know that a two-step will help), shifts, rpm, rev limiter.

Again, I f-ing love my car, but if I can get a TH-400, it would be a ton more consistent and faster.

I am shooting for 9s and a T56, too much shit can go wrong!!!

Get an auto

chrisheltra · 01-21-2011, 07:59 AM

Auto all the way.

TH-400 FTW

Take two identical cars one with an manual and one with a firm shifting stalled auto and the auto will win every time. No one can shift a manual as fast as an auto shifts.

Matts94Z28 · 01-21-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisheltra

Auto all the way.

TH-400 FTW

Take two identical cars one with an manual and one with a firm shifting stalled auto and the auto will win every time. No one can shift a manual as fast as an auto shifts.

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/2221856

chrisheltra · 01-21-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Matts94Z28

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/2221856

Dont know if its just my work computer or not but that vid had no sound so it didnt prove shit to me.

I still stand by my previous statement though no matter how bad ass the driver is a manual will never shift as fast as a properly setup auto.

BAD BOB · 01-21-2011, 10:50 AM

auto all that way. matt if it will make you faster put a stick in the purple people eater

LXtasy · 01-21-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Matts94Z28

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/2221856

Was that pj?

bwelch · 01-21-2011, 11:28 AM

Its not the shifting that slows you down(excluding joe). Trying to get a good start off the line is what slows a manual down.

Matts94Z28 · 01-21-2011, 11:54 AM

That was russ in herrons bolt on lt1

AverageJoe · 01-21-2011, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bwelch

Its not the shifting that slows you down(excluding joe). Trying to get a good start off the line is what slows a manual down.

Thanks.

The launch IS the problem now, but I have a plan to improve that.

08-08-2010, 12:10 AM	#22
Carlrx7 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ladson,SC Posts: 3,813	When you wana go fast, go auto. Agent wana go for fun go manual. __________________ Dark Aladdin

08-08-2010, 07:25 AM	#25
BAD BOB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SUMMERVILLE Posts: 3,681	smart one would go auto. Just my $2 __________________ IM BAD BOB

08-08-2010, 04:12 PM	#26
clubracergt1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Great, white North (Chicagoland) Posts: 2,483	Keeping in mind I am a manual trans guy, I'd go with auto-if the car will be raced at the track. For street fun, it's hard to beat a stick car. __________________ This space for rent

08-08-2010, 04:48 PM	#27
LXtasy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Summerville, SC Posts: 9,564	go auto. manuals are fun i guess , if you like to shift all the time and don't mind stop and go traffic. But nothing beats a nicely stalled auto on the street or track. And no clutches or flywheels to replace, no chances of missing gears , no chance of the shifter knob being hell hot when you need to drive. __________________

08-09-2010, 07:50 AM	#30
Illusions Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: In the Pits Posts: 2,247	Auto, and my tranny guy can't keep vehicles off jackstands. So he not only builds tranny's for slow pos's he keeps them broken down too. __________________ Illusions Grafix A Pair of "Jackstand" 01 Xtreme Blazers

08-08-2010, 01:01 AM	#23
///Mcompact SQUIRREL OVERLORD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nunya bidness Posts: 1,382	Keep the monte an auto.

01-21-2011, 01:41 AM	#32
94zson Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ladson Posts: 632	DONT GET A MANUAL IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST!!! Hell i love my car and you know how Damon and I beat the hell out of it. It has already cracked 2 tailshaft housings, an output shaft, and put the car down twice BTW every time i am in the lights I have to worry about rpms, clutch, lights, nitrous( I know that a two-step will help), shifts, rpm, rev limiter. Again, I f-ing love my car, but if I can get a TH-400, it would be a ton more consistent and faster. I am shooting for 9s and a T56, too much shit can go wrong!!! Get an auto

01-21-2011, 07:59 AM	#33
chrisheltra Neo is Jesus Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 13,265	Auto all the way. TH-400 FTW Take two identical cars one with an manual and one with a firm shifting stalled auto and the auto will win every time. No one can shift a manual as fast as an auto shifts. __________________ Gap A Hoe Racing

01-21-2011, 10:50 AM	#36
BAD BOB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SUMMERVILLE Posts: 3,681	auto all that way. matt if it will make you faster put a stick in the purple people eater __________________ IM BAD BOB

01-21-2011, 11:28 AM	#38
bwelch Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3,774	Its not the shifting that slows you down(excluding joe). Trying to get a good start off the line is what slows a manual down. __________________

01-21-2011, 11:54 AM	#39
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	That was russ in herrons bolt on lt1 __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack