Auto To Manual

[4door_Sleeper]

At the end of the day buy what YOU are happy with, and if its a SKYLINE you shouldnt be dissapointed.

I dont mind a manual either but I think autos are underrated.

TOP drag cars (not the slow 8-9 sec ones) use auto boxes that have been heavilly modified.

For track use a 6 speed manual is probably the way to go.

Dont underestimate a Torque converter as it gives the car more torque down low, which is an area that skylines (most turbo motors) are week, and hence will improve off the line performance.

[ron]

auto+turbo = rocket

with light mods they slingshots. I have mine for more than 3yrs now and have NO plan to go manual, and YES i had manuals before.

ron

[predator]

I don't quite see how hard it is to shift manual.. shifting at the peak of 6500rpm isn't that hard really. Just keep an eye on the tacho (which will give you speed also). It pretty much "tells" you when to shift by screaming at you like a little bitch.

What 09ONE_32 says is true also, through careful gearing you can eliminate many of these problems and "always" stay in that sweet 4-6500 zone, except maybe on the launch.

An auto makes sense if you are going in a straight line (e.g. dragging), but for most other circumstances I'd much rather have a manual. When you're going up a mountain run, keeping it in that sweet spot of boost the whole way, its pretty hard not too keep the smile off your face I tell you. Just hosing it through that corner, dropping down to get that perfect 4000rpm zone, giving it maybe a bit of slide and shooting out the corner at a rocket pace.. totally in control the whole time... boy, that is just one thing that is so great about the skyline. Hell I still get goosebumps over compression lockups! can't do *that* in an auto!

I'd say you'd miss mych of that experience in a skyline auto, even though I'll admit I've never driven a 33 auto (but plenty of other autos)

But still, if you want a skyline, maybe drive it daily, and the different between an auto and manual means getting a skyline and not, then go the auto.

[strutto]

Hell I still get goosebumps over compression lockups! can't do *that* in an auto!

WRONG... I'll show you sometime Gordo...

I'd say you'd miss mych of that experience in a skyline auto, even though I'll admit I've never driven a 33 auto (but plenty of other autos)

RIGHT... My car would be a completly different beast to drive if it was manual...