carl0s Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I saw in another thread people having trouble getting top speed because full throttle would kick down a gear, or vice versa it would change up before the red-line. I take it these are faults (common or not) and a correctly working auto box does at least a half decent job here. There is a degree of control through the accelerator. There are two kick-down switches which will make the box drop down a gear or two, and also how far you push the throttle will also control how the box responds, as well as engine output of course. A faulty box might slip, just like a slipping clutch on a manual. There are quite a few clutches in the auto box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 they made a lot of robin reliants too, not sure what that tells us They were all manual though...... case proven, auto is best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 They were all manual though...... case proven, auto is best lol nice one, I'm sure an autobox in a robin would have made it alright after all 3 wheels, 3 gears, kinda seems about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 sounds like i'm sold to be fair this is the car i'm part exing for from Jurgen... http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=104101 opinions on the car? ahem thoughts please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 ahem thoughts please The car's coming from Jurgen. Nuff said! It looks great. Would like a pic of the engine bay for someone to cast their beady eye over I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Classic!, bit more delay in gear changes aswell....depends how good your clutch / gear box skills were before. Like any auto box its a bit of a case of stomp on the gas.......wait wait.........whoosh!. The Supra box is definately better than anything ive used before tho. It is a good box, not as good as my FTO one though, that thing was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Classic!, bit more delay in gear changes aswell....depends how good your clutch / gear box skills were before. Like any auto box its a bit of a case of stomp on the gas.......wait wait.........whoosh!. The Supra box is definately better than anything ive used before tho. Have to disagree with that, when I floor mine in the Supra there is deffo no "wait wait.............whoosh" my supra reacts straight away only a slight pause like a manual gear change but nothing even close to "wait wait" The gear change is a hell of a lot quicker in an auto too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 its not a real sports car unless its manual... autos are for girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 its not a real sports car unless its manual... autos are for girls no!!!! auto's allow fun with girls only one hand needed to drive:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 no!!!! auto's allow fun with girls only one hand needed to drive:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaijin Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Most 'big' drag American Supras use auto boxes.No cock ups changing gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Most 'big' drag American Supras use auto boxes.No cock ups changing gear. yeah but not the supra auto box lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4RK RZ Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 its not a real sports car unless its manual... autos are for girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-Dupra Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 It is a good box, not as good as my FTO one though, that thing was amazing. ah the butter box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaijin Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Has anyone had a full on side by side,like for like auto v manual ,erm,comparison'test'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Classic!, bit more delay in gear changes aswell....depends how good your clutch / gear box skills were before. Like any auto box its a bit of a case of stomp on the gas.......wait wait.........whoosh!. The Supra box is definately better than anything ive used before tho. Your box is fucked, or something inside it is anyway. I swear mine works by telepathy. Chilli- never had a problem mate, I've used MANU mode a couple of times but tbh I don;t see any benefit from it, the box allows as many revs as you want, if you want 6800 in every gear then you'll get 6800 in every gear (bar OD which equals 192mph), it'll change up and down as and when you want. The only time I found it got flustered were on bus stop chicanes on trackdays (detail in Chronicles) but on the road it's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.weeks Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Having a manual conversion done at the moment so should be able to give a good report back for you :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Classic!, bit more delay in gear changes aswell....depends how good your clutch / gear box skills were before. Like any auto box its a bit of a case of stomp on the gas.......wait wait.........whoosh!. Your box is fucked, or something inside it is anyway. I swear mine works by telepathy. Nah, I agree there is a delay if you're just driving in normal auto mode. If you're pootling around at 30mph then you stomp on the pedal, there's easily a half second delay because you're driving around in fourth gear and it has to drop down. Driving down country lanes in MANU 1st/2nd though is a totally different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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