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Originally Posted by 6G72gearhead
If your going boosted and plan to keep the auto, take care of its durability issues.
That's the thing, Im going to swap it, I know the automatic tranny if built, will be better for drag racing but I love the feel of shifting and just the plain feeling of a manual car. I dont plan to keep the auto. I'm just stuck on if I should stay automatic, boost it than swap to five-speed later. or swap to five-speed then boost it afterwards. waiting to be five-speed then boost it will take longer than just boosting it while its auto. And I am ready to make more power! how the cars performance is now is just not satisfying me anymore. I want a five-speed but I can get turbo parts faster than I can get tranny parts. should I boost it while its automatic, blow up the auto then swap to manual? or swap it to manual, wait a little bit then boost it?
I was always a fan of tranny before power and this is why. Your not going to be putting a new tranny in the car, its gonna be a used tranny. So now you get your motor boosted, lets say making 200whp with the auto. Now you toss this 5 speed tranny into play that ends up having a bad synchro, you install it and say, damn this shifts like shit, I'll get it fixed soon. But now you aint got no money, you drive around on this bad tranny until you either totally kill it, or start wiping out gears one by one. This is all just my opinion. I like to make sure the car runs and drives at stock power levels with the drivetrain I have before tossing any power adders into the mix. If you just want to boost it for now and have fun, go for it. Just buy a $75 tranny cooler, get the auto trans flushed and some new fluid. The auto tranny should hold up for a decent amount of time.
Plus, i want the car to be all around kinda. I want to be able to run 11.99 or quicker. but then be able to time attack it or autocross.