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D wrote:
None here have raced autos on the ashphalt behind a powerful A or L series.
For the street there are free mods that can be made to the accumulator springs, then money thrown at the stall converter and a fully manualised kit but its not an expensive exercise to do on the 3n71.
Given a choice atm Id choose a well prepped Jatco for $800-1200 than blow 60 series 4 speeds which are now rare.
I've raced an auto behind a 2J, does that count? I've also raced a Getrag 6spd 2J. Both stock with cat-back (around 185rwkw). Not many A series or L series turbos are going to make that. And there was not a single place that the auto could keep up with the manual, but I suspect if you ran them both at Mt Cotton hillclimb the auto might just beat the manual. Just because of the slippery launch pad where an auto can be gentler on the launch, the 2 real slow 1st gear corners where the tall 1st gear and particualrly the stall are an advantage, and the steep hills you need to upshift on. But I didn't run them both there... On the fast flowing Lakeside track, the manual was 1.9sec faster, but on lesser rubber - KU36s vs the auto on FZ201. You could easily add another second for that (at least!)
Your budget is totally unrealistic as well. A built manualised Jatco will set you back more like 3K than $1200!
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