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post Mar 11, 2008 - 11:14 PM
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celicaboy92

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I bought my Celica St as a automatic i have the fund to convert it to manual but i have read many articles of boosting automatics and not loosing any performance at all any input to help me make my decision would be great
 
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post Mar 12, 2008 - 1:14 AM
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Boosting the auto trans is a waste of time and money.
1. it simply cant hold the power, and ends up slipping under boost
2. you loose an insane about of power to the ground over a manual.

Lew boosted his setup and made about 160hp on the automatic, while manual 5sfTes with the same setup are making 200+. Thats a huge difference.


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post Mar 12, 2008 - 10:27 PM
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QUOTE(Lagos @ Mar 12, 2008 - 1:14 AM) [snapback]652503[/snapback]

Boosting the auto trans is a waste of time and money.
1. it simply cant hold the power, and ends up slipping under boost
2. you loose an insane about of power to the ground over a manual.

Lew boosted his setup and made about 160hp on the automatic, while manual 5sfTes with the same setup are making 200+. That's a huge difference.

ok i would like to weigh in on this one ... as far as a waste of time or money, modifying most of any of these cars is a waste of time, and money.
as far as the auto holding the power and slipping. i have turbo-ed my st auto for 2 years now and i have not yet once had the tranny slip on me at all. i have put down close to 180+ to the wheels with no slip.
now the amount of power loss is more compared to the manual.

now not all auto trannies are like the celicas i have turbo-ed a 93 civic auto and it did not last more then 3 weeks on 5 psi of boost with a little 1.5l ,but that was a Honda auto. this is all i have to say ,and please Lagos dont think i am trying to pick a fight i am just expressing my opinion ,and my experiance. tongue.gif

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