Yeah yeah sure...

Next time your clutch explodes or you snap your center spool, we'll see who's talking.

Oh wait... you'd have to be drag racing to do that right???

Ahhh.....

Excuses, I heard them all.
BTW, Whats drag racing? I think i heard of that before, Is it when F1 cars DRAG to the first corner, Than they turn, and then the keep going??? If so i have heard of it.

LOL,

But for real, You are going to swap it Right?

-Manuel

LOL.. but for real... no. Nothing wrong with the automatic, sure it's a little less "fun" as it were, but a lot less hassles and much easier to mod than a manual. Less moving parts = Less Breakage.

And Drag Racing is for real men.

I would have thought that an auto had more moving parts with all the clutch packs and valve stuff. no?

When I say moving parts, I mean hard parts. Shifting is pressure driven with balls and springs.

Compared to a manual transmission with all the gears, synchros, Forks, rails, etc. the automatic transmission as a bit less moving parts.

I'm with Ryan on this one. He actually has the exact car I would love to find...a 2g AWD Automatic at a good price!!

And I wouldn't let ANYONE bash me about driving an automatic. I am quite comfortable in my own skin. Hell, I drive a SCOOTER!!

If anyone knows of another 2g AWD Automatic at a good price, pm me please

Hey Ryan have you ever taken apart an automatic transmission? they are alot more complicated than any manual. As more me my first 1g was an auto, I went through 3 used transmissions in 6 months. Never again in my life will I purchase an automatic. Eitherway it looks like a clean car so enjoy it and definetely get the IPT kit to stiffen up the shifts.

Automatics have way more moving parts! spool valves,regulators,pistons,seals,releif valves,clutches,bands,servos,diaphram springs,planeraty gearset, Hydrulic circuits(input,held,outputs)just to name a few. Theres alot more things that could go wrong with an automatic. Build it right, proper converter selection, proper suspension set up will net you with an unbeatble dragcar.

Automatics are more complicated to rebuild. They also require alot more specility tools. Unless your rebuilding alot of them, better off sending it to a shop.

Yeah, you tell him Eric.

""Shifting is pressure driven with balls and springs.

Compared to a manual transmission with all the gears, synchros, Forks, rails, etc. the automatic transmission as a bit less moving parts.""


^^^, By that rationalization, I definatly don't want an Auto, way more things to go wrong with all those balls & springs .

Sorry Ryan, men who have standards, drive standards.


1G's forever

And men who have wives drive automatics. Ryan is getting married soon

There is a man's transmision for sale at the WTS section.
LOL.

Ok, people stop bugging Ryan about his "trany" preferences and post pics of your cars.
That is what this tread is for.

Auto trany....huh whats next? Dsm drifting???

Forgive him lord,he is too young .....LOL

Yeah yeah... you can all scoff if you want.

But when you miss that 3-4 shift and blow your flywheel apart, I'll be at the other end of the track waiting.

Anyone want to bracket race against me?

Ok, this is a little story that was emailed to me that I think fits this auto vs. manual story fairly well:



A C-130 was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by.
The jet jockey decided to show off.

The fighter jock told the C-130 pilot, 'watch this!' and promptly went into a barrel roll followed by a steep climb. He then finished with a sonic boom as he broke the sound barrier. The F-16 pilot then asked the C-130 pilot what he thought of that?

The C-130 pilot said, 'That was impressive, but watch this!'
The C-130 droned along for about 5 minutes and then the C-130 pilot came back on and said: 'What did you think of that?'

Puzzled, the F-16 pilot asked, 'What the heck did you do?' I didn't see anything.

The C-130 pilot chuckled. 'I stood up, stretched my legs, walked to the back, took a leak,then I got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun.'



When you are young and foolish, speed and flash may seem a good thing. When you get older and smarter, comfort and dull is not such a bad thing!



Older folks understand this one.

""Anyone want to bracket race against me?""

^^^, me me, pick me I wanna play, I think you'll like my six puck and studder box launch with a bit O meth

I'm keeping my car on the road until Nov 27ish, then my car will be put away in my new to me 20' x 40' garage that came with the new to me house & 100acres I just bought, perhaps we can get together

I'm still working on Pics to post

Yes!! I get it Ziggy.
Ryan has to go, take a leak, drink some cofe, come back, and then get a man's trany.

That's what I was trying to tell him, minus the cofe and the leak....

I hate you all.

Except you Ziggy, I'll always like you. You are my parts Santa.

Manny... I hope some flimsy stock coolant hose breaks on you again ruining your very nicely put together motor.

Malcolm, Brandon is coming to my place on Saturday to do a parts swap and trade me a BNIB MITSUBISHI VALVE COVER!!!. You should join him since I've been wanting you to pop by for a while!

I'll be the bigger man, throw it in D and Drive away.

More pics you guys!!!

Not even in your wildest dreams will I ever submit that my manual car is better than your auto.

Oooooo modify's the quote... hmm...

Two can play that game.


...oh and my girlie transmission runs on that PINK ATF stuff!
Cute!

Ok, so I'm guessing either Rob, Steve or Jeff stepped in on that one, and this could go on forever.

So, MOVING ALONG!

Fine!

Buyakaza!!!!

Spike at the track.


Spike at the dyno.


And in the mail.

I'm with Ryan and Ziggy. I always thought auto DSM's were the devil until I went onto the Link forums and saw how many people are running auto's, and how many others want to be like them.

When you start making a ton of power, there's nothing better than a decent auto that can harness all that power.

Not trying to start a war, just saying how much of a difference they are once they're done up right.

Manuel, do you have a much larger version of the first photo? I would like to make it into a new wallpaper

I will get one when I get back from work.
And I will pm it to you.

Such a nice car

No more auto vs. manual talk in this thread please!

More pictures like Manuel's please! Nice car dude

them 2 pics were amazing manuel! wow

Here is mine

Tara...I don't think a car can get any more shiny.
Wow that black paint

I assume tara is a girl? are you single:O? hahahaha!
dayum nice car;)

Thank you!! I won't lie its been painted!

Last picture, next to the fog light Mike...you see the reflection?

yeesh... those pics make me think of silk

And girls who drive nice eclipses.

There's only one thing better...Hot girls riding crotch rockets..that takes the cake.

What can you do on a bike.. not much . Just joking.
Galantvr-4 Wana be and girl picture comming soon..
Looks like someone in a building is taking a pic of me.. lol..

I'm bored and lazy tonight so here's a bunch of pictures.

2006 Canadian Autoslalom Championships - Wheel lift


2007 SCCA National Tour - Peru, Indiana - Getting ready for test'n tune after over-night drive


2007 SCCA National Tour - Peru, Indiana


Me vs. Cones




Doh! Lock up!


Doh! Spin!

Tashko, do you drive your Talon down to those meets in say, Indiana?

What if you break something??

Yup, I drive it every day. Drove to PEI for the August long weekend this year. Even managed just under 9L/100km with a passenger and race tires+gear in the back.

Why would it break?

If anything did break, I'd fix it. If I was in Indiana and it was something serious like a blown motor, I'd go to the local U-haul, rent a van and car hauler, and tow the sucker home! I make sure I do preventative maintenance, since I abuse the car, and having a failure put me into a wall is not something I plan on happening. If I hit a wall, it'll be driver error not car failure!

I've had a couple of minor things happen.

In 2005 I had an ECU start failing (misfire) while I was at the track in St. Eustache, QC. Made it home.

In 2006 I had a front wheel bearing spin when I was in Indiana. Brake feel was terrible but made it home.

When I was at Calabogie (out by Ottawa) in Sept. I had my main coolant pipe pop out of the water pump and dump my coolant out while on track. The mounting bolt was awal for some reason and it's hard to put a bolt in with the manifold in place. I fixed that with some borrowed safety wire, competed the next day and made it home:



It's all part of the adventure!!

Well I commend you my boy.

Keep up the good work!