RolinOldies
Member
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2010
- Location
- Belgium
So i have this P221 Amazon build with a 230FT, 15g, ported turbine housing, ported 90+ manifold, mild ported head, IPD turbo performance cam, big intercooler, some mslike ecu, wideband, 37 lbs injectors, at 18psi, 2.5" sport exhaust.
Never dyno'd it but it's fast
.
It's not a DD and i don't abuse it, not drifting (yet), regulary doing some hard pulls.
I swapped the M40 box for a M46 (because i have 3 of them laying around) and so far its holding pretty well.
The rear end is a 240 3,73:1. Shifting is not a lot of fun with this box and obviously it is weak.
After reading through a lot of tranny swap info, i kind of accidently stumbled into the auto (aw71) thing.
I'm not familiar with autos, here in Europe they are not common and i realy don't like them at all.
My knowledge about them is poor, but as far i can tell the following:
(i added some weigth as importance to me)
PRO
10 Handles a lot more power than a stock manual
07 Easy and cheaper to swap than T5, getrag, ...
06 Smooth and quick shifting (+ accum. mod)
04 Easy (lazy) driving
makes 27 Pro points
CONTRA
10 Power loss, i read like between 5 to 10 % in drivetrain, some even say 15%
08 Limited RPM
08 Less control over shifting
05 Less obvious drifting techniques required to drift
01 Car can not be pushed into a start on a low batery
makes 32 Contra points
Clear that it's a no-go, or... this might not the final score?
I'm curious what else could add more weight to the pro's or con's.
Anyone?
Never dyno'd it but it's fast
.It's not a DD and i don't abuse it, not drifting (yet), regulary doing some hard pulls.
I swapped the M40 box for a M46 (because i have 3 of them laying around) and so far its holding pretty well.
The rear end is a 240 3,73:1. Shifting is not a lot of fun with this box and obviously it is weak.
After reading through a lot of tranny swap info, i kind of accidently stumbled into the auto (aw71) thing.
I'm not familiar with autos, here in Europe they are not common and i realy don't like them at all.
My knowledge about them is poor, but as far i can tell the following:
(i added some weigth as importance to me)
PRO
10 Handles a lot more power than a stock manual
07 Easy and cheaper to swap than T5, getrag, ...
06 Smooth and quick shifting (+ accum. mod)
04 Easy (lazy) driving
makes 27 Pro points
CONTRA
10 Power loss, i read like between 5 to 10 % in drivetrain, some even say 15%
08 Limited RPM
08 Less control over shifting
05 Less obvious drifting techniques required to drift
01 Car can not be pushed into a start on a low batery
makes 32 Contra points
Clear that it's a no-go, or... this might not the final score?
I'm curious what else could add more weight to the pro's or con's.
Anyone?
)
