Auto transmission or Manual transmission cars have faster pick-ups?
436568
It really depends on the vehicle and the driver. If you are experienced with manual transmissions, most "normal/everyday" cars are faster in manual. However, there are some high end models whose auto is faster (even driven by a novice) than the manual version driven by a professional race car driver. One example of this is the new (2007) Porsche 911 Turbo, which goes 0-60mph in 4 seconds with a manual transmission (with professional test driver) and goes 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds with the automatic transmission (in auto mode, not tiptronic).
420024
Shifting without letting off of the gas!  Keep your right foot matted to the floor and just brush the clutch pedal--snatch a gear and keep gittin' up!
1017086
Ford GT is more POWERFUL I dont know about top speed.
200675
That is a great question!  I grew up in New Zealand where manual (standard) transmission is the norm.  Now that I live in the USA, it is the other way around.  Automatic transmission is the norm here.  As I prefer shifting gears myself my first vehicle here was a Toyota Celica GT Convertible and I loved that car...it comes as a manual (standard).  Unfortunately they stopped making them. :(\nSo I have compromised with a new Toyota Solara SLE Convertible with tiptronic transmission...which gives me the ability to switch from Automatic to Manual and is fast changing as no clutch needed.  Great for overtaking :D\nNow Toyota are releasing a hybrid vehicle that will look great, perform well and give you almost 80 miles per gallon.\nAll they need to do next is add wings so we won't need to use roads anymore (smile).
377172
transmission is aisan warner modle A.W. 4  this is very simular to nonturbo toyota supra.the transmission computers i dont believe are interchangable but the internal programming chips were as i recall this allowed for a couple hundred rpm iat each shift pointbut shifts wernt really any firmer  there may be some toyota tuners that could help better
43692
The headers will shift the powerband slightly to the right. If your driving features more low RPM operation, you will have improved mpg, if you drive in the high RPM range, you will have worse mpg.
415799
A lot faster! Interesting point!\nBy the way you have more chance of being hit by lightening than winning the lottery!!! hehe :)
384973
Buy a car with more power and torque something thats not a Honda.
559385
Too many variables to give a complete answer. It depends on how steep the hill is, how fast you are going, how much you car weighs, how much torque your engine develops, etc\n\nThe short answer is: If your engine is lugging down, switch to a lower gear. If your car has an automatic transmission, it should select the appropriate gear automatically.
71372
The Evo will be faster, although the last gen Supra has more hp from the factory, the Evo is 400 lbs lighter and can be launched faster all-wheel drive.\n\nHowever, in around town driving the Supra will have better low rpm response because of the larger engine displacement.
93302
Just a Pro. You have the slightest lag if you shift it without speed shifting. Also you could load up the engine with to much fuel by several on off throttle manuvers. But most of all you are controling your engine braking when shifting as well. You might want that torque range you get in a lower gear but you don't want it to engage at a low Rpm. Could put you into a slide or spinout.
48535
well drift cars and drag cars are completely different... obviously a car specifically built for one cannot excel at the other. a drift car can run a quarter mile quicker more easily than a drag car can nicely slide through a turn...\n\ncheap drift cars you can slide bone stock if you have enough skill are obvious silvia/240sx, rx7 86+, older corolla gts, mkIII supra, all those cars can be attained for 3 grand or less if you just want to go in a straight line pretty much any car that isnt too heavy, that is rwd and has a v8. ford 302s and chevy 350s can make big power for cheap \n\nit all depends on what youd rather do more, go fast in a straight line or be quick but do everything else well too
105335
I would go with the Sentra. The Mazda may be easier to get more horsepower out of but the Sentra is a more stable buildable motor and NISMO has many racing parts for it.
52429
One of the classic inefficiencies of cars of yore is the driveline design.  Take for instance a 1962 V-8 Impala with a hydramatic transmission and rear wheel drive.  The two-speed transmission always allowed slippage between the engine and the wheels, which caused energy loss in the transmission fluid being heated up in the torque converter during all driving situations.  They have cured that in today's automobiles by locking out the torque converter with an automatic clutch.  Putting a 90 degree angle between the input and output is also an energy sucker.  In more efficient front wheel drive cars, the axis of engine revolution is the same as the wheels.  This saves some energy as well. The final drive ratios of cars in the 60's was insane!  A cruising RPM of 3600 at highway speeds was not unheard of--and on a V8!!! Think of the gas going down the tubes.....  Modern cars reduce the final drive ratio and add overdrive to the transmission to reduce cruising speed RPM.  Less RPM means less air consumption and less fuel use.  In the 70's, they caught on and offered rear wheel drive cars with 2.73:1 rear end ratios to save gas.  This hurt acceleration, but was cheaper than offering a 4 speed automatic.  (It eventually happened.)  \n\nA huge determinant of efficiency is COMPRESSION RATIO.  Without computer control and injection, most cars of the 70's (BAD efficiency) had LOW compression ratios, say 8.0.  (And food for thought--the first spark ignition engines had a sorry compression ratio of 4.0:1.  How sad!!  They did not know enough about fuel chemistry at the turn of the century, so that's why the horsepower value of vehicles was so low back in the teens. A four cylinder automotive engine having 10hp in the "old days" with a displacement of 2 liters.  WOW!) New cars have all kinds of tricks to increase compression ratios while running on regular 87 octane fuel.  Current compression ratios include 9.0 to 10.1.  Computers adjust injection and spark ignition timing (to repeat a collegue's information already submitted) along with monitoring piezoelectrick "knock" sensors which make adjustments for preignition "pinging."  In the old carbureted cars, even ones with HEI ignition, there was no way to deal with the pinging. The sure fire way to prevent pinging (and serious damage) is to lower the compression ratio.\n\nAnother huge problem with cars of the 70's and 80's were the addition of the catalytic converter and other emission control systems like the huge drain from a "smog pump."  EGR valves put exhaust in the intake charge to reduce nitrous oxides, but that reduces peak combustion temperatures and the available power from the fuel charge.  Running exhaust through the manifold also made the intake charge hotter, reducing efficiency.  Old cars had fixed valve timing, which determines the relationship between power at high rpm and torque at low rpm.  Some manufactures today have adjustment on the exhaust valve timing, and some even adjust both the exhaust and the intake timing to increase efficiency and torque at low RPM while changing valve overlap for high rpm horsepower with a net smaller displacement.\n\nSome modern cars still include EGR, but the catalytic converter technology is much better and more attention to exhaust system design has helped increase MPG.\n\nThe actual energy used by the valvetrain has also been reduced by reducing the mass of the components in the valve train.  Using a cog belt to a cam riding right above the valves reduces the energy used to activate the valves.  That can really add up over the life of the engine.  \n\nAnother development was the inclusion of the electric cooling fan.  Belt driven fans consumed huge amounts of power from the engine, even if they had a thermal clutch.  Flex fans were supposed to reduce energy, but we are still talkin' in the multi-horsepower range just to move air across the radiator.  The modern c
707456
depends on the kinds of cars you're in to
247385
Both cars are fast, and both cars are pretty awesome.\n\nSpeed has nothing to do with it.... It's all the driver.\n\nYou can line both of them up, and if you have drivers that don't know their heads from their a** it's not going to be a very good test.
1166304
None.\n\nAlthough on some superspeedways, the shifter is essentially ignored except for pit stops.