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He may have an auto which sucks but if your given him two car lengths that almost makes up for not being able to launch well and then he has exhaust too so im thinkin it would be a close drivers race.
well it sounds like an ineteresting race. the Auto tranny has a 1st gear ratio of 2.84, the T5 is 3.35. you'll def be faster off the line and probably will catch up relatively easily. his exhaust will help him breathe out better, but its all down to the shifting speed once you get up on him. our auto's have no pull from a dead stop unless he does a brake stand...even then, without a torque converter...you should be ok. If he does the D2D, he shouldnt do too bad, but if he leaves it in D, the tranny will prolly shift at 5,500RPM well after the powerband runs out at 5,250. at least mine does this. For the most part, its a driver's race, but it will be pretty close i bet.