Automatic manual?
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RE: Automatic manual?
ORIGINAL: Fat Nick
It does slowly eat away at the clutch packs, hence the harder shifts. As far as how it works, you have to remember wheel spin makes you slower. Stock in Drive I ran anywhere between 14.6-14.7. Manually shifting I was 15.0-15.1. It would spin harder into 2. Stock I could bark tires all day going into 2 in Drive, with mods I was doing into 3rd a couple times before 4.10's. Now with 4.10's it will grab 2nd and 3rd everytime, hell it will grab 2nd with a little peg of the gas 1/4 way down to about 15mph. I haven't driven another auto GT that will do it like mine though, and I have Nittos on it as well.
It does slowly eat away at the clutch packs, hence the harder shifts. As far as how it works, you have to remember wheel spin makes you slower. Stock in Drive I ran anywhere between 14.6-14.7. Manually shifting I was 15.0-15.1. It would spin harder into 2. Stock I could bark tires all day going into 2 in Drive, with mods I was doing into 3rd a couple times before 4.10's. Now with 4.10's it will grab 2nd and 3rd everytime, hell it will grab 2nd with a little peg of the gas 1/4 way down to about 15mph. I haven't driven another auto GT that will do it like mine though, and I have Nittos on it as well.
1st -> 2nd is sick.
2nd -> 3rd is alright.
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Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Northern New Jersey
RE: Automatic manual?
I have an auto and the only time I use those two gears is when I'm driving fast and I need to slow down fast. Example: going 70 on a highway and a car cuts me off. I'll take it from drive and I'll drop it down to second. That will slow that car down fast. I know it will screw up the tranny but I'd rather replace a tranny then get hit.
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