Would this gain me any horsepower? I know that an automatic transmission sucks more horse from the wheels because it has more moving parts, so swapping in a manual transmission should show some gains right? How much horse ya think though?

5hp. What a stupid question

QUOTE (No0bOne @ May 29, 2003 - 4:35 PM)

5hp. What a stupid question

QUOTE (HyperDeathKill @ May 29, 2003 - 3:29 PM)

Would this gain me any horsepower? I know that an automatic transmission sucks more horse from the wheels because it has more moving parts, so swapping in a manual transmission should show some gains right? How much horse ya think though?

get a shift kit and a performance torque converter and it will be as efficient as a 5spd and shift harder and faster.

QUOTE (97sccelica @ May 29, 2003 - 10:32 PM)

QUOTE (HyperDeathKill @ May 29, 2003 - 3:29 PM) Would this gain me any horsepower?  I know that an automatic transmission sucks more horse from the wheels because it has more moving parts, so swapping in a manual transmission should show some gains right?  How much horse ya think though? get a shift kit and a performance torque converter and it will be as efficient as a 5spd and shift harder and faster.

they make shift kits for our cars? i never knew that... where'd u find them?

who makes a shift kit and torque converter for our cars?

Well, B&E will make a torque converter for the car if you want. You can fill out the form on their website to get a custom torque converter made, but you need many dementions which is why I decided not to go for that option. And where did you find a shift kit? Most I see are for older cars.

ok if you do the auto/manny swap you wont gain more power at the crank but you might feel it different at the wheels because you will probably shift at higher rpms than the auto tranny does.

What's a shift kit going to do for me? What is it?

QUOTE (Phr0z3n664 @ May 30, 2003 - 12:04 PM)

who makes a shift kit and torque converter for our cars?

level 10 makes shift kits and performance torque converters for all toyota auto trannies

http://www.levelten.com/

a shift kit replaces the valve bodies in the tranny with bigger ones and therefore allows it to shift much more quickly. and simply adding a performance torque converter shaves about 1/2 a second of your ET. with those two things, the car will shift faster than most people can in a 5spd.

uh, whats ET stand for?

QUOTE (HyperDeathKill @ May 31, 2003 - 9:40 AM)

uh, whats ET stand for?

elapsed time, as in the time that passes while you run in the 1/4 mile

So does anybody have a shift kit or a preformance torque converter?