jamesmark Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I launch my auto from 2000rpm in a race situation May sound stupid Jake but how do you launch the auto? as in techneque This is my first auto car, is it just a case of foot on the brake, rise to 2000rpm and then let off as you press the accelerator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivingTheDream Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Yes I asked this on the forum last week. Dont do it for more than a couple of secs as the transmission fluid heats up rapidly. Is that correct?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 i cant see how an Auto would be faster, im not doubting you guys,im just thinking could there be some mistake ? im sure human gear changing would be much better under race conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I think it is really just under drag conditions after all those first two gears need some rapid changing in a manual, but with practice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraaaaaaaaaa Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 i cant see how an Auto would be faster, im not doubting you guys,im just thinking could there be some mistake ? im sure human gear changing would be much better under race conditions. yeah but the gear change on an auto is only .3 secs on a standard box who the hell can change that fast takes me longer than that to even think about changing !! and uprated boxes 0.15 sec !!!! dear me thats fast as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivingTheDream Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 As said what I dont get is how the manual 0-60 is faster on paper than the auto. Yet ppl reckon the auto is quicker on the strip. The 0-60 time listed by the manufacturer/Parkers etc-Was this taken by just keeping the auto in auto or in L-2-3-4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 to be honest ive never driven an auto,. been in me dads auto as passenger tho forgive me for being fick, but., when the auto changes gear,.does it do it at the optimum moment at max power ? and if so,.does this mean that on everday normal driving,. say round town etc,. every time it shifts gear for you is it shifting at max power ,. the optimum time,.. OR ,. does it change ata point thats more beneficial to fuel consumption ? hence me asking "under race conditions" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 May sound stupid Jake but how do you launch the auto? as in techneque This is my first auto car, is it just a case of foot on the brake, rise to 2000rpm and then let off as you press the accelerator? Pull upto the line. Left foot on the brake, put car in D, the gently rev and hold the revs at 2000 rpm. When the lights go green, foot off brake and stomp on the accelerator pedal hard Dont do for more than say 5 seconds or you'll cook the auto fluid.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivingTheDream Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 It changes under circumstances, for example foot to the floor hard it will give it more power. Driving round town it changes into 4th at 30ish I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Oh yeah, for fast road situations below 100 leptons, keep the overdrive off and the traction control off with the car in D and you'll move a wee bit quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 As said what I dont get is how the manual 0-60 is faster on paper than the auto. Yet ppl reckon the auto is quicker on the strip. The 0-60 time listed by the manufacturer/Parkers etc-Was this taken by just keeping the auto in auto or in L-2-3-4? And was the manual tested by race drivers using flatshifting?? And whas the auto tested with the trac fuse removed using manual mode ect ect ???? Where they UK times or tested with jspecs and cheated lol Or where they both just pulled out from the factory and tested by a real world person in total stock layout..Who knows. Corvette tried this on this year with their new machine. Quoted all these mad times for 0-60 and not one of the auto mags could get it to come close. Until they were taught a few tricks on how the factory tested it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 well independant testing quotes an achievable 4.6s 0-60 for the stock manual doesn't it? Guess they can't all be wildly unfeasible. But I suspect repeatability has a lot to do with it. Probably something like auto: run #1 - 5.3s run #2 - 5.4s run #3 - 5.3s ... run #n - 5.3s time = 5.3s manual run #1 - 6.5s run #2 - 6.3s run #3 - 6.5s ... run #n - 4.9s time = 4.9s and this is probably what a lot of people experience on the strip, leading to the feeling that the auto is quicker. Stock manuals have clocked into the 8s 1/4, so at our general level it's not really likely to be holding us back. *numbers here are purely for illustration of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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