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#1
06-04-2003, 09:01 PM
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auto vs. manual
:bandit: i got a question. i have a 2002 grand am se automatic transmission but i think manual would be better for tuning and speed right post your thoughts:sun:
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#2
06-04-2003, 09:09 PM
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I figure if you're going to mod your car-- mod your car. I really dont think it would matter that much. It might make a little bit of a difference, but I dont know about anything huge.
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#3
06-05-2003, 08:48 AM
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I don't know about tuning our car, but IMHO I think that manuel transmission (in raceing) gives you a little more power than an auto. I just think that they race better.
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#4
06-29-2003, 08:54 PM
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Depends on what type of racing you're doing.
Street Racing- doesn't matter Road Racing - MT Drag Racing -AT
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#5
06-29-2003, 11:15 PM
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well for this particular car ... w/ a 2.2 or 2.4L motor.. your best bet is to go w/ the manual transmission.
I know for a fact that if you want to be fast anywhere w/ the 4cyl on this car you need the manual.. the autos make you usuallya round .5 slower in the 1/4... just shitty gearing, and poor gear changes... manual is the best way to go.. but than again.. I ask myself this question all the time so you're not alone... Why a grand am?
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#6
08-20-2003, 04:14 PM
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I like manual better.. That's what mine is.. It gives me something to do and I think their pick up is way faster once you're past 2nd. Automatics get the initial punch, but once I'm in 2nd and then up to 3rd, I'm gone.
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#7
08-21-2003, 04:12 PM
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to each his own. i profer a stick. but i own an auto. when i bought my car last year i was scared to drive a stick i knew how but did not want it to be my only car. now 14 months later and bout 500 hours more experience with a stick. im dieing to get rid of my car and get a stick. im just plan bored of an auto. but still "to each his own"
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#8
08-21-2003, 04:14 PM
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the only postive mark i can think of bout an auto is the fact that ya track number will be consistant. im not saying this is a good thing but a lot of drag racers today are runnin with autos i understand y but to me wheres the fun in drag racing an auto. i think someone mentioned depending of the type of racing. i must say i agree.
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#9
09-07-2003, 03:15 PM
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 the only thing i wish was different on my car is that i wish it was a manutal. manuals are so much more fun to drive. plus it would have an extra gear which means the gearing would be a closer ratio. so if you have the same over all final ratio but you have an extra gear in there spacing it appart it would be faster right? anyways, i used to drive a car witha 5 spd. and i miss it alot. but here is one good thing about an auto i figured out...it is way easier to eat cheese burgers while driving 
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