zukijames
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A stick usually can launch a little better. You can't really rev up an auto and throw in gear..that being said I'm still going to an auto think it will be nice in the technical stuff
I'm struggling with this problem right now as I'm collecting parts to build a buggy. I loooooooove my manual but I know the benefits of an auto and with the motor I want to run its way easier to bolt up an auto. Not to mention fitting an auto shifter in a buggy with limited space is a bit easier than a stick. And it one less pedal to run. On the other hand like what was mentioned before the manual does appeal to the opposite sex, my girlfriend makes fun of me every time I talk about putting a auto in it
I'm struggling with this problem right now as I'm collecting parts to build a buggy. I loooooooove my manual but I know the benefits of an auto and with the motor I want to run its way easier to bolt up an auto. Not to mention fitting an auto shifter in a buggy with limited space is a bit easier than a stick. And it one less pedal to run. On the other hand like what was mentioned before the manual does appeal to the opposite sex, my girlfriend makes fun of me every time I talk about putting a auto in it
It is true that a manual gives you greater manipulation of the power you have. I'd like to have a manual with a wet clutch so I can could just stay on the clutch all day long and not worry about melting it.
Now if you are going for the cool factor alone, there is a simple and time-tested equation:
The fewer the doors, the larger the trunk and the more pedals a vehicle has, the cooler it is.
So, that being said, if you are looking to look cool, try to find a rig with 1 door, 6 pedals and a trunk big enough to hold a dozen dead bodies.
You'll be like the Fonz.
i thought this same thing when i switched to an auto but it's super simple to push the handle into N or R, especially if the shift gates are removedAnother advantage is being able to "clutch it"... if you get funky on a climb you can stab the clutch in and roll out of it before you end up rubber end up
see aboveHuge disadvantage of a stick, you can "clutch it" and stab the clutch in when you should have drove out of it and end up rubber end up. (usually dropping down things)
i would have to carry it anyways cause i put ATF in the t-case as well, and since you carry 3 gallons of coolant i still have less fluidsthe other cool thing about my rig is that it doesn't take a drop of ATF so that is one fluid I don't have to carry, I *just* carry gear oil, quart of motor oil, small container of brake fluid, 3 gallons of coolant, and some PS fluid.
what makes you think that? even with it just in D it will pick whatever gear it thinks is appropriate but yeah i pick gears manually all the timebumping in my rig; roll back a bit, put in second or third gear (auto's can't start in 2nd or 3rd gear)
i'll bite... IMO
what makes you think that? even with it just in D it will pick whatever gear it thinks is appropriate but yeah i pick gears manually all the time
i'll bite... IMO
i would have to carry it anyways cause i put ATF in the t-case as well, and since you carry 3 gallons of coolant i still have less fluids
How do you get an auto to start from a dead stop in 2nd or 3rd gear?
That kicks ass I didn't know that!
Everyone I have driven when you are stopped it would start in 1st gear then shift up.
Nathan
Second the question was asked about jeep wranglers, presumably stock-ish, so lets leave out "can be built..." (and after having said that I will talk about my ford... )
In addition to the durability and cheapness advantages of a stick, if you add a hand throttle you will have more precision while driving slow.
Key point there..."stockish" leads to "if you add a hand throttle".
I would doubt that a hand throttle is in the future of the original poster.
Or...instead of a hand throttle, install a TBI454 and it will maintain it's own idle, with enough torque to get it done.