Leighcm Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 You must be joking..You will eat dust if you drag race with automatic (except CV tranny in some cases) Auto tranny has VERY bad acceleration. It feels like your clutch is slipping when you step on gas pedal. Even if car is more powerful then opponents you still can be the second one, because you cannot alter the way your gears are shifting. And shifting is the most importatnt thing in drag racing. Horsepower is just second most important thing. Yes it's easier to drag race with auto tranny, but easier is not always better ;) Much easier to do a proper burnout in an automatic. Yes, I understand that it CAN be done in a manual tranny, but it's more difficult. And you can alter the way your gears are shifting...think eShift, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-R-T Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Much easier to do a proper burnout in an automatic. Yes, I understand that it CAN be done in a manual tranny, but it's more difficult. And you can alter the way your gears are shifting...think eShift, etc. "Proper burnout" what a hell is that? When it's considered to be not proper? You can alter, but it takes time, and you have to do it before race. And if something goes wrong, you can't just lower your gear.. Besides.. it's still an auto tranny... it breakes.. Manual breakes too, but its not that sensitive for oil shortage (if you have an oil leak or something) or increased power. And you actually can change your gear ratios in manual. You only need to change diameter of a single gear that is responsible for changing torque for certain gear. I'm not saying that's something you can do at home or it's cheap, but it's much easier than changing entire planetary gear system of an auto tranny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighcm Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 "Proper burnout" what a hell is that? As in "when your wheels actually spin and the tires get warmed up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-R-T Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 As in "when your wheels actually spin and the tires get warmed up". I know that, but when it's "proper"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighcm Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I know that, but when it's "proper"? It's "proper" when one of two conditions is met: 1.) At the track or 2.) Whenever you can get away with it and don't mind wasting some rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-R-T Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Actually it's much easier to do it with manual ;) Rev it up, release the clutch and have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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