[OFFICIAL] Manual v. Automatic Thread

[UNKNOWN_370]

Originally Posted by wstar

Go with the 6MT if you're gonna do forced induction, or upgrading the 7AT to match will likely double the cost. If you don't mind losing the nostalgia of working the clutch (and hell with SRM you've already lost heel-toe unless you just really want to disable SRM and DIY), the 7AT works great on the track. My POV on this is there's 10,000 other things I need to focus on and learn about track driving, and that clutch being out of the picture is just one less to worry about. Every time I've been out, I get at least 1 manual driver coming up to me after a session and asking about it enviously, because they were behind me for a downshift into a corner, e.g. this one:

Youtube video: TDE MSR-Houston Nov 6 2011 - YouTube

The only thing the auto needs are stronger clutches and transmission cooler. It doesn't need much more as long as you are staying at around 550hp at the crank.

[wstar]

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

The only thing the auto needs are stronger clutches and transmission cooler. It doesn't need much more as long as you are staying at around 550hp at the crank.

Ah good point, I should have mentioned I put a small secondary air cooler in for my tranny fluid a while back, that's been helpful too. I used Stlilen's kit, but then ended up replacing bits of it as their kit sucks (the hose diameters aren't right for mating with our stock lines :P).