A Vb Upgrade Is Causes The Transmission To Shift Almost Instantaneously So Their Is Not Lag Between Shifts And Yes With The Vb Ugrade Very I Mean Very Few People Will Be Able To Shift Faster You Will Have To Be A Professional Driver Most Likely.

I Want To See A Race Against A Auto With The Same Gearing And A Tune For The Throttlebody I Guarantee The Auto Will Win In A Straight Line Most Of The Time On A Road Course Hell No The Auto Will Not Win No Matter What.

 

BTW where are your times?

https://my350z.com/forum/drag/233840-top-25-1-4-mile-times-for-tt-st-supercharger-nitrous-bolt-ons-stock.html

 

Really? Is that why BMW, Merc etc are making most of their high powered vehicles with semi autos then. I love driving a manual but lets face it, with modern technology, times are changing.

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how would u go about changing the gearing and making the throttle open completely????

 

Yea but , cmon lets be obvious both driver having the skill of the drift king. I think its a no brainer that a MT will be faster. I mean anyone who wants to put up money a nice 100 or more if you got it. I will race any stock Z at moroso which im trying to get time for. The time slots im trying for is december it looks like, but if i get more Zs to go. And you believe a auto can beat a mt stock for stock. Put the money where it counts. Im telling you this...its not the first time this arugment has been debated. A person thats been trainded and has a basic racing liscence or even completed a advanced driving course. Would drive both cars. Care to bet. when i book the time slots i will make a thread. of it.


Im telling you man, anyone thats been road racing if your money is on the AT with both equally skilled driver with proper merits inn racing. I mean, its a no brainer.

I couldnt stand driving a auto Z that i drove and attempted to heal toe shift at a 75 degree turn entering a slalom. And realized that i had to use the tiptronic uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh how fustrating and use my brakes more to correct and gas. The one thing im surpised with is that the autos do rev match lmao. Thats a godsend for those who wanna run them.

 

^Yeah, I'll be curious to see the results. I'll bet the AT and MT times will be very far from one another, just like in the 1/4 mile time sticky.

Wait, nevermind.

 

how many auto are they on that list???????? that are stock and putting up 13.6 times i mean cmon. But then again not many Zs run 13.6. I highly doubt 07 HRs Autos are putting up 13.3s or any times equal of there counter parts. .....then again are they even HR autos in a Z??

Then again this argument is for 1/4 racing which would be optimal consistantly for a auto this is actaully a very close match time wise.

my argument was for a road race type setup. That i can assure u would be different. Argue all you want about the1/4 since i dont 1/4 , ....

 

How many autos are on the list? How many autos are even on this site? Most members have an MT.

And like I said, I'll be curious to see the results...especially since AT Z's can't select gears

Still don't see why people put down their own car cause of a tranny.

 

nobodies bashing the auto. Its a awesome auto. To appreciate it drive a acura type s or a audi or a vw or any other car.. Then get in a auto Z. I apprecaite the auto trans in teh Z moreso then other comeptetors. But my passion is road racing man.....and with that..noone in there right man on the course would run trade there mt version of there car for a auto version even if it were free.. But thats not to say it doesnt perform. I just want to let some know how each differs. HEy to each there own but, lets not be ignorant to not know whats the better trans for my type of use. Yours maybey diff but for mines.. Not auto.


and if there not alot of autos then dont use that arugument as a point because its obviously not valid.

 

Thank you...............exactly the point I was about to make. The times are changing and so is technology. We will see more and more automatic type transmissions (i.e. DSG, SMT, etc.) in the future on more and more sports cars. You'll see one on the GT-R.

This whole debate is really stupid.

 

if my sole purpose was to road race... if my car was a garage queen... or if it was the only tranny available... i would be slammin' that third pedal.

luckily for me, i dont road race, it's my daily driver, and the A/T option is avilabale.... and it's still fun as hell to drive.

ya'll can argue all you want, ima go drive my Z with a big smile on my face...

 

well I got an auto Z n I drove a 6sp z too, to me it makes no difference really the car is still fast, and i chose the auto since i drive about an hour n half in traffic 3-4 days a week and didnt wanna deal with the manual

 

Yes in a road race my money is on the manual for sure im not arguing that point at all im just talking about drag racing. Some one asked about how would you change the gearing you would just use the gear and pumpkin for a 6 speed and for the throttle body you would need a ecu tune to keep the valve open at launch. Usually a 6 speed guy will do a swap with you when they go turbo because they usually want higher gearing beacause of traction issues.

 

yea this is def true. the final drive in the auto is acutally great for the manual guys with FI lol.

Yea , id say for sure that the gap is def getting smaller between the transmissions. But for, ...my actual preference besides a 6MT close ratio gear box.
My optimum setup would be a sequential gear box. FTW

driving next to a rally STI with a sequential gear box btw sounds like a effortless transition when swtiching gears. If u never seen one or driven one. I would def tell anyone if ur into cars to go see one in action . Awesome but cost a arm and a leg. lol

 

It's amazing how the so-called experts here know so much about the 350Z A/T. The 350Z's A/T is bulletproof and performs as well as any M/T out there. It all comes down to the driver. Perhaps, instead of wasting your time trying to prove your worthless point about the A/T's lack of performance capability, you may want to spend more time at the track.

During this past weekend's autocross event, I finished first in my class against three turbo M/T cars (two STIs and an MR2). In addition, my best time was faster than one Z06, an M3 and a Lotus.

Again, instead of speculating on which one performs better, take your Z to the track and race it. I can tell you from first hand experience that my A/T Z is not a slouch. Heck, two weeks ago, I ran faster than an '07 NISMO M/T Z . . . go figure!

 

thats what im talking about z-u-later

 

 

F*ck AUTOS... any1 can juss step on the gas! NO FUN!

 

Cars like the Z shouldn't come auto

 

I think every AT Z owner would agree that they chose an AUTO for practicality, for people that live in traffic areas i would say AT is much easier than MT. It gives a driver speed, thrills, and a nice looking car that can be drove everyday easily, this is just my .02 though