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Enthusiast Joined Mar 10, '08 From columbia, MO Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
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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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) ![]() |
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. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jan 9, '05 From green springs ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) ![]() |
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. ![]() This post has been edited by trd94: Mar 12, 2008 - 10:29 PM -------------------- ![]() |
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