ARe there any?

[Bustamon]

Does anyone have an civics here that are automatic? I mean that you plan to keep auto? I have one and am going to try and keep it that way to see what I can do with it. What are the advantages of having an automatic? I know better traction off the line is one. Can I run nitrous through an automatic safely? I really need to know these things guys!!

[Bustamon]

Also woulda Apex N1 muffler with 2.5" piping and no resonator be a good set up for an automatic?

[frozen_Joth]

I'm going automatic, I live in hickory too! I can help you out and shit cuz' I'm gettin' ready for an engin swap soon with an auto tranny setup! I've heard nitrous runs just as good in an auto as a manual (that's just what I've heard). Email me at [email protected] to hook up sometime and chill.

[optimuscivic]

y would you want to stay automatic, there are far more advantages to being a manual than an auto. it just doesnt make sense to me, just learn how to drive a manual and once u learn u will never go back to auto.

[Bustamon]

What engine you going with man? I was thinking of ZC myself on the bottle with a torque convertor and new tanny.

[Bustamon]

I know how to drive a manual, I ran 13.7 seconds just this past weekend in my boy Dao's WRX at "Battle of the Imports" in Rockingham, N.C. I just want to stick with what I got right now which is my auto DX. There isn't anything wrong with that is there?

[frozen_Joth]

Going with a B18b or B18c with auto tranny for which ever one I get and a torque converter in 3 weeks. Gonna build up the engine really nice and then maybe put a superhcarger on it. I don't see nothing wrong with sticking with an auto when you got one already, i've heard bad things about converted 5 speeds anyways.

[Posey88cvic4dr]

I have heard that Autos are more dependable for times and and turbos. Pistons don't get damaged as bad. And u can use an Auto in a similar way to a Manual. Just start off in the lower gears and redline then jump up a gear, and so forth. Plus with a stick everytime u change gears u drop speed for a sec and have to pick back up. nothing major but can determine the outcome of times/races.

Oh, and i live in Gastonia and Banner Elk(near Boone)

Just FYI

[dirty91crx]

automatic compared to manual in stock form sucks ass.....20-25% drivtrain loss as compared to a manual 10-13% but send out the auto to say level 10....and wala 12-15% drivtrain loss....and in braket racing the auto is more consistent....also easier to use n20 or turbo....as you stay on the throttle the whole time.....cost alot to build the tranny to take that kinda abuse though....it can be done though....ive seen nissan trannys come back from level 10 capable of holding up to 400hp....those guys do some great work....hehehe i see bunch of peeps from NC.....lewisville NC here....

[BigBearWest]

Originally Posted by Bustamon

Also woulda Apex N1 muffler with 2.5" piping and no resonator be a good set up for an automatic?

I have that exact set up. it was so loud that i couldn't go past 2000 rpm and sounded really tinny. i put in a resonator it sounds so much better nice and deep.

[optimuscivic]

Originally Posted by Posey88cvic4dr

I have heard that Autos are more dependable for times and and turbos. Pistons don't get damaged as bad. And u can use an Auto in a similar way to a Manual. Just start off in the lower gears and redline then jump up a gear, and so forth. Plus with a stick everytime u change gears u drop speed for a sec and have to pick back up. nothing major but can determine the outcome of times/races.

Oh, and i live in Gastonia and Banner Elk(near Boone)

Just FYI

key word, Heard. all you have is heresay. yea i guess ppl who have a 5 speed are just waisting there time. i think ill just get an auto instead , to me i just think its ok you want to work with an auto, but if you think about it a manual is better all around, you cant control the rpms the same way you can in an auto. and are you saying when an auto changes gears it doesnt drop in rpms? have you ever even driving a manual? or can you?

[dirty91crx]

hmmmmn either auto or 5spd can be built to handle the abuse.....like my car for instance....ive been having a problem with shearing off 2nd gear on the mainshaft in my tranny.....im still waiting for someone to make a stronger gearset. the auto does drop rpms....uh its called a gear change....but i do understand what hes saying.....do you? he said speed not rpms...and i would like someone to explane how a piston can become damaged by using a 5spd.....dont tell me UTI wasnt worth the 20grand...ill be pissed....still confused over the piston deal.

[SiZ]

My car had an autobox when I got it, and I did a ZC swap and kept it auto. Honestly, I was an idiot. Like, it was pretty quick for an automatic Civic, but not nearly fast enough. I was woried about driving 5 speed so I made up excuses like "Auto is better in traffic" and shit like that.. Now that I've went to a 5 speed B16.. HOLY SHIT. I HATE driving automatics now, and most times I'll just make the other person drive if the vehicle is auto. 5 speed is so much more fun. You're actually doing something, and you have complete and total control of what your engine is doing. 5 speed is even better in traffic because it give you something to do. I absolutley love it compared to driving autoboxes.

Also, you're crippling yourself from another thing that Honda does very well.. Their faster engines are also equipped with gearing that will outdo most competition with a similar power to weight ratio. I don't know any other car with 100lbs-ft of torqe that you can drive around at 50km/h in 5th gear in. The gears are so short I'm in 4th at the end of the 1320. I LOVE IT.

If you're going to spend a bunch of money to make your car faster, be sure to consider the tranny to make it faster, you'd be a fool not too. You'll spend thousands more on your engine and still be getting whooped on by someone with thousands less into theirs, but a 5 speed model.

[frozen_Joth]

I raced a guy with my stock D16a6 auto, he had a manual prelude and he lost, (Had to have been a sucky driver though) and raced a newer riced out accord with manual tranny, I won that one too. I can keep control of my gears in my auto by just playing with the throttle. Autos are fun and Manuals are much more fun, but to say a stick will always beat an auto, stock vs. stock just isn't right. Autos can be fast and out race manuals easily, I know this for a fact, I have done it plenty of times (No, not in my current car). But a really really good driver will have a better chance of winning in a manual, but the guy in the auto just might have something for ya'!

And damn, I didn't know there were this many people in N.C. we all should hook up sometime!!!I have no friends that are interested in cars. When I try to mention something to them about cars and shit they just nod there head and agree

[jusg19]

you might want to pick up a motor trend mag sometime, the autos are always like .2-.4 seconds slower in the 0-60 or 1/4 mile.......it takes longer for the auto to shift than a manual (if your good)

Later~
Jus