Would this be advisable..... or should I start searching for a new car with a manual transmission?

 

new car w/ manual
or swap a b-series and do the auto-manual swap then turbo.

 

Oops forgot to add that it was a prelude

 

ahh
in that case find another car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by foozball-26 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ahh
in that case find another car </TD></TR></TABLE>

yup. turbo ownZ AuTo's

 

JRSC

 

convert to manual or buy a manual...

 

too tell you the truth automatic turbos aren usually more efficent than manual ones BUT manuals are the ****!

 

well i just put in my turbo and i have an auto...
i will be going to 5 speed soon

 

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more efficient my ***,
-mega parasitic loss through the honda slushbox
-weak transmissions
-low stall so you won't build alot if any boost by stalling it up
-slow shifting

Hondas are not LS1's who have an awesome auto tranny and we certainly don't have turbo 350/400's

Manual is the way to go don't listen to this guy

 

If you put an auto against a manual same set up....manual will win. Get a new car if you can. If you can't do a auto to maunal swap.

 

What Year lude is it? Is it a 97+ with the Sport Shift Auto turbos rock with a good trany and if you have sport shift you can rev it up kind of.. BUT I would go 5sp

 

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If it's more efficent why the big boys don't do it?

 

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I'm sorry, you don't know what you are talking about. I have a boosted 2000 SS and I see a loss of 20-30 whp when compared to a similar setup on a manual lude.

 

Been there, done that.

Although I did love the boost with the auto, now that I swapped to 5spd the car is just a hella of alot faster and WAY more fun to drive.

My auto lasted a year (still in working condition) with NO tranny cooler or any mods to it whatsoever, I made the whp #'s below.

I would not recommend going over 200whp with a honda auto....

Best suggestion is sell for a manual, but if you don't want to, turbo first and your NEXT mod should be a swap. I have no doubts that the auto won't last forever. I consider myself lucky that my auto never broke after 30 track runs within a year and a descent ammount of abuse on it.

 

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Too late

 

JRSC all i gotta say for autos.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by escocrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">JRSC all i gotta say for autos.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I looked at that and researched about it for 3 months before I decided to go turbo.

IMHO its not worth the 3 grand for 20-30whp on an auto.... mabye my own personal opinion but I nearly doubled my whp going turbo at 8psi (figure stock auto is mabye 110whp, I went to 189whp... thats a HUGE difference)

 

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I'm sorry, you don't know what you are talking about. I have a boosted 2000 SS and I see a loss of 20-30 whp when compared to a similar setup on a manual lude.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I never said it would be faster I was implying that with a SS it would be a better setup than a standed Auto.. Reson Being you can keep the revs up and shift at a higher rpm.. But also with that its still and Auto and there will be more Hp lost in a auto gear box than a 5sp gear box. But also with a TURBO by not closeing the TB to shift you keep the Turbo spooled and will have a more useble TQ Curve