djlethalwang said:
It cost more money for those 16 extra valves as it would for a converter and valve body mods on the auto. Sounds to me like you're speaking about something you've not yet experienced .... i.e, a high stalled auto in a drag race . It matters not if you have a 2v or 4v engine, the difference is big. If you have more HP the difference will be biggER.
It is normal if a high stalled auto is as quick or quicker than a manual with more wheel hp but like flywheel hp. Most people cannot work a stick well enough to negate the difference.
Blown00GTAuto said:
Yes, that's true a whole new engine would obviously cost more than a stall and valve body mods as you mentioned. But it wasn't as if I had a choice on that..... an ambulance smashed into my GT at like 40 MPH, easily totalling it out, but thats a different story. I got enough money out of it to get myself a Mach..... it wasn't as if I just decided to spend some extra money on a new car instead of fixing up my auto....
I was just saying that for a stock auto to be able to beat a stock manual, several things extra have to be done to the auto before it can do that. Cause yeah, stock vs. stock, manuals kill autos unless the guy driving the manual really doesn't know how to drive, which certainly happens often