<VV> Turbos made a difference Re: 4 Speed to PG
FrankCB at aol.com
FrankCB at aol.com
Wed Mar 16 23:14:28 EDT 2011
John,
Gee, maybe we should tell Billy Bruce that he would be FASTER if he
switched from his automatic trans to a manual trans!!!!<GGGG>
In addition, I've seen a number of magazine tests of stock TURBO cars with
manual trans and the same car with automatic trans and frequently, for
the 0 to 60 mph times the turbo cars with automatic beat the manual shift
cars. The automatic trans cars shift WITHOUT closing the throttle and slowing
down the turbocharger thereby REDUCING boost.
Reminds me that when Dick Griffin was drag racing his stick-shift EM
Corvair, he said he drove to the starting line with FULL throttle using the
brakes to control the engine speed. If the race started promptly, he usually
won, but if there was a delay things cooled down and he frequently lost the
race.
Frank "turbos need wide open throttles" Burkhard
In a message dated 3/16/2011 9:46:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jvhroberts at aol.com writes:
Well, yeah, consistently slower!! <g>
I'm with Seth on this one, with an auto, you're a passenger in the
wrong seat. With VERY few exceptions, when two cars, one stick, one
auto, otherwise identical, the stick is definitely the quicker car.
John Roberts
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