zbrown;213392 wrote:
a tunable electric tranny or manual valve body hydraulic tranny give you no options .....:icon_scratch

Ok you got me there but who puts something that has that many part that can go wrong in a race car, when a stick is simpler, lighter, and more reliable for that type of racing. In drag racing a good auto is the norm because its faster, but take two bone stok cars with all the same equipment, dave for the trannys, and race em the stick will come out on top in almost every way, probibly including drag. It certainly would not be a full second slower in the quarter mile just because it has a stick.

King Ricer;213387 wrote:
ill be there as it is my last weekend i can drive for about a week! DAMN you state of north dakota! lol

What did u do now?

sonic00;213421 wrote:
lol no i'm not from fergus I'm originally from Foreston, it's 23mi SE of st.cloud. I moved up to henning to be near my bf. he went to the msctc in fergus and thats where it happened. i don't understand how lol but what can ya do? I will be going to the show and shine if i can get out of work lol. I used to go to porky's in the cities with my brother and it was a good time so hopefully everything works out ok. i'm excited!!!!

I've heard they have some pretty big meets down in the cities, hopefully this summer i'll go down there and check some of them out.. Only thing i'm worried about down there is being away from my car for more than a minute or two.. Seems like hondas have a bad case of disappearing down there...

LivinLow;212215 wrote:
its all fiberglass

No, it's not.

zbrown;213392 wrote:
a tunable electric tranny or manual valve body hydraulic tranny give you no options .....:icon_scratch:

wrong......... my car lost massive time between shifts.........

I guarantee you changing my car from the 5 speed to a properly setup auto and leaving everything else identical would have dropped a second off my ET

boost and autos only make sense

a dogbox would be fun ripping gears though, and sound schweeet

but zac you suck at driving...... /argument

capitlj;213333 wrote:
True for those that only go in straight lines, not so much for those that like to choose the right gear for coming out of a corner. If you lose a 1/4 of a second every time you shift you have no business driving at a strip.

a tunable electric tranny or manual valve body hydraulic tranny give you no options .....:icon_scratch:

inspector01;213351 wrote:
You don't lose a 1/4 of a second per shift, although it may take you that long to shift, your vehicle is still rolling so it you aren't losing that much time.

wrong......... my car lost massive time between shifts.........

I guarantee you changing my car from the 5 speed to a properly setup auto and leaving everything else identical would have dropped a second off my ET

boost and autos only make sense

a dogbox would be fun ripping gears though, and sound schweeet

sonic00;213377 wrote:
oh are any of you guys going to the show and shine?

ill be there as it is my last weekend i can drive for about a week! DAMN you state of north dakota! lol

sonic00;212440 wrote:
no it's not that lol i laugh about it but i'm just curious to what would do that. it was real early in the morning at the msctc if fergus. noone saw anything they said anyway. lol i just don't get it. i'm getting a 69 nova any way so oh well lol

And I thought Fergus was a safe place for my car, lol. Are u originally from fergus?

Parker;213324 wrote:
autos are for people who want to go fast.... and not loose a quarter second everytime they shift...

You don't lose a 1/4 of a second per shift, although it may take you that long to shift, your vehicle is still rolling so it you aren't losing that much time.

Parker;213324 wrote:
autos are for people who want to go fast.... and not loose a quarter second everytime they shift...

True for those that only go in straight lines, not so much for those that like to choose the right gear for coming out of a corner. If you lose a 1/4 of a second every time you shift you have no business driving at a strip.

sonic00;213310 wrote:
lol why is that. The one I want has a rebuilt 400c.i. with new edelbrock carb. Headers with new 2 1/2 inch exhaust and new flowmaster mufflers. i wouldn't do anything to it unless it needed it.

Putting chevy parts in an old pontiac like that is blasphemy

sonic00;212683 wrote:
lol well i don't know what did it, but i like your guys imaginative theories lol. i'm debating on just getting another one with a v8. and manual, auto's are for pussies lol

but oh how i love pussies