Swifty's never-ending project thread!

[mlomker]

Manuals seem to be a dying breed. The Evo X SST is awful good and Ferrari seems to offer manuals as an afterthought these days.

It seems that the fastest drag cars have auto-manuals or whatever they're called. What does Rau run on his car?

[TheBlizzard]

Yeah, it seems auto in DSM's are way more durable and obviously more consistent than manuals, you just don't see a lot of them because they aren't as fun to drive around town in my opinion. Any big power car that is strictly a straight line drag car would be better suited to be an auto but not nearly as 'cool'.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

You still have to shift most high performance autos, you just don't have to deal with that clutch pedal or boost drop during shifts.

Rau runs a manual, but it's a sequential that you don't have to use the clutch with once you are in first gear, so it's like an driving a drag auto that you shift.

[GsXtUrBo98]

Ok we get it.. swifty doesn't want an auto. I think we should get back on topic with swiftys car and the 5sd he's keeping.

[Swifty1638]

Ya really. And Aaron, I've kept my DSM running for quite a while. Have you put more then six years of abuse on your shortblock without once pulling it apart or messing with it? What? Because all of a sudden I have issues, I don't know how to keep a car running?This is why I don't bother posting much more on what it is I do or don't do. You just further reminded me why. I do something, break something, or have an opinion on something, I'll get shit for it.

[turbotalon1g]

I had a nice response but i hit the backspace.

Basically dude we all want to see this car running so don't get too upset. I will ease my shots at you, but sometimes u make it easy and when u make statements against an auto like that you kind of ask for it.

This whole site would like to help you get that car running again, i would trade you my FMIC in order to help you, but it looks like that I will get to drive my old 5spd at the track and on the street so I don't want to wonder if it slows down or gets worse because of the trade.

My vote along with a lot of others would be go smaller and simpler, 35r setup is plenty for power and speed and yet its still pretty big.

Good luck

[Swifty1638]

I know the stabbing is meant in a joking manner. But believe me no one is more frustrated in this shittyrd then myself. Im constantly doubting it, and the setup, motor, and everything else. Trading the fmic, would help eliminate, and point in the right direction why the car makes well under what it respectfully should.

Autos in their own right Im sure are fun, but, being as I do still drive this car on the street, I perfer a little shifting fun.

Perhaps I'll just part it all out, and find a new hobby. I hear bottle collecting can be fun..

[turbotalon1g]

^lol. if you want you can use it, but you would have to come and pull it, but thats not really hard either.

[Swifty1638]

I just might do that, once I get this crap with the tranny/flywheel/etc sorted out. up to you. Otherwise, I'll order one from ETS over the winter, and sell the core I currently have.

[scheides]

Just gonna throw this out there: swifty posted pics on facebook and not this build thread/MitsuStyle (shoutbox doesn't count swifty, sorry). Payban worthy, imho.