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Every high HP Supra I know is auto - alot of them swapped from manual to auto. Do some research and tell me why that is

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 14, 2008 - 7:28 PM

so can we used the cay's spoiler on ours?? still TRD right

fast forward to today and toyotas fastest car is like the matrix or something and ford has the monster mustang =[

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For now. Also note Toyota is No.1 in Japan as far as Auto Industry goes, and No.2 in the USA, Second to possibly GM I am guessing? Yeah. Toyota can afford to bring us on the goody goodies like those lovely 90's. Still though, that monster can destroy itself, a Toyota? Is second best to a diamond, because it will last longer than the marriage! LOL Ok that doesn't say much, but there is no arguing Toyota isn't the least reliable and hands down more reliable than a Ford of any time period.

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That diamond quote..priceless

This week GM was in the news about how it was running out of money..they are still selling more (if not as much) cars as Toyota worldwide, it makes me wonder WHY they are failing at such a fast rate versus toyota..as they have just as much sales. I keep hearing about the high cost of labor in the USA (UAW union) and the pension plan etc.... But GM is worldwide and they do have alot of other plants around the world...like Toyota...

That TRD'ed Cavalier does look pretty nice... but if you drive that in the States, all you get might be laughters...

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agreed

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I'd rather have a stick. /ignorance

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Drag racing.

Sorry to bring up a month old thread, but I'm bored and reading through all of these.

That Cav with the Toyota emblem on the hood just looks wrong. I don't even have to look at the emblem, it's there in my peripherals and just ruins the car. That TRD body kit does dress up the Cavvi a little bit, but given the choice between a "TRD Toyota Cavalier" or my Celica, I think the choice is clear.

A lot of Supras are swapped to autos because of the turbo. An automatic transmission decreases turbo lag. [smartness over/] Now somebody knowledgeable in how turbos work explain that one to me. I'm not even going to ask the guys that told me that, they use big words. I use big words too, but I don't use Turbo-big words. So if somebody could dumb it down a lot and explain how an auto decreases turbo lag over a REALLY fast shifter in a manual, I'd love to hear it PM me.

If that's true then I imagine that it is caused by a greater load being put on the engine.
Autos are mainly for bracket racing- where a consistent time gets you wins.

Yep, I know for a fact that it's true. I've found (and now that I'm talking about it, I'm gonna go find it again just because I love that video) a video of a Supra on Youtube where they swapped a Chevy truck trans into the car. I'll see if I can't find it again. I have even heard of some turbocharged cars using transmissions from trucks from even the 50's just because of how they were geared. But apparently the auto trans allows you to keep your foot in the throttle and never lose boost pressure but I'm not sure how that works.

Ah! Got it. Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a mkIV Supra using a Chevrolet automatic transmission. Listen to how many times it shifts- only once

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Ian-Pol...-872_150274.htm

Don't let your peepees swell too much.

This post has been edited by richee3: Dec 11, 2008 - 1:18 AM

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Well duh - that wasn't my point - it does look much better than the average Cavi tho right?

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It doesn't - it just takes out the human element - the capability of mistake. A good driver can still slightly out perform the auto - but only just barely. The auto just deletes a variable.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Dec 11, 2008 - 1:15 AM

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For the first part of that, touche, sir! It DOES look much better than the average Cavi. For the second part, thanks! I've had about 4 people tell me that and not one person has been able to explain to me in terms that I understood how the auto could outperform a manual.

nvm

This post has been edited by DEATH: Dec 11, 2008 - 1:51 AM

errr no auto decrease turbo lag and increases performance in turbo cars not because it takes out the human element.


Automatics are better in drag racing with boosted cars because they don't loose power between shifts. torque is consistently applied to the motor and there is no loss between shifts. You can stay at WOT the entire time. In a manual transmission no matter how hard and fast you shift, there is a powerless free point where clutch is in and the motor is allowed to drop and blow off boost. Automatics don't do this.

thats why.

a 5 spd transmission vs an auto (all else being equal) Turbo supra will lose 99.9% of the time to the auto.
a human can't get anywhere near the speed of the modern day shift speed of a auto. That is unless you are down to milliseconds in shift time.

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 11, 2008 - 7:39 AM

wow, interesting info. so why is it that manuals are more popular for tuners.

Not all automatics are the same... You can't compare a 10 year old auto transmission to a state of the art Ferrari F1 or Dual clutch one (semi-automatic)
Latest autos have "billions of settings" to adjust it to your driving "mood". Older transmissions used to take ages to shift and more important: you wouldn't want the gearbox to upshift when you'r around a corner building revs... That said, they would never miss a shift though...
I believe that an experienced driver could easily outperform the older autos. As for the newer high tech ones, it is a whole different story...

P.S. I believe the gearboxes they use on drag races are sequential and not automatic... I can't believe an automatic can take all than torque...

You can do a search at youtube for drag race in car videos and see that most drive stick and have a shift light.

This post has been edited by Helix: Dec 11, 2008 - 9:36 AM

you can put very very strong tq converters into an automatic.

but manual transmissions are suited to racing that involves turns where as autos wouldn't perform as well here.

autos > for drag
MT > for turns


SMG & DSG > all

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 11, 2008 - 9:28 AM

A friend and engineer at boeing told me once, the only major diffarance between the big car copmanies is not the designes or what company degisned what part of the car but the level of tolarance in manufacturing. meaning how close the car was built to the original design (ex. machined within .001 of a inch to the original design or within .00001 of an inch to the original.) I cant remember the exact numbers but ford had the biggest margin followed by dodge with GM having the stricktest/best. point being that just because 2 cars are the same design does not mean there the same quality.

Just food for though.