Manually shifting an Auto

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Jun 22, 2006 | 03:22 PM

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bahamut

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Originally Posted by importkiller

I dont know about stock cars, but on my drag car I manually shift my auto. Everyone in drag racing do it this way unless there using manuals. I use the auto because its more consistent. I dont really notice any more than normal wear. But again its a 10 sec car so there is about 1 major thing that goes out on it every season. I never do it on street cars because its pointless, thats whats manuals are for.

Sub 10 sec car (major sponsorship) w/ auto tranny has tons of money dumped into it. Most people can't even justify to dump that money into tranny.

When big money is on the line like NHRA, auto tranny can never really misshift. If you have manual and misshift 4th gear into 2nd on a +1000 HP car . . . someone will die from an explosion, blown apart tranny or other parts, or freak rollover on the track.

Jun 25, 2006 | 03:45 PM

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one question. this may sound retarded. but please bear with me, im a noob.

when drag racing an auto, starting at 1 and working your way up. Do you have to take your foot off the gas when shifting gears?

(ive never raced my car, and have no intention of doing so, im just curious)