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Re: whats faster off the line. auto or standard? (archive)
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Posted by andyman on February 11, 2001 at 23:05:54:

In Reply to: Re: whats faster off the line. auto or standard? posted by Bill on February 11, 2001 at 23:03:28:

hehe... ok... but to directly answer the question, for our bimmers... manuals are faster off the line ;-)

my former automatic 87 325is was a carlength slower 0-60 than Jay's 87 325is manual. Now that my car's a manual and soon to have a 4.10 diff... that's another story.


Well that depends on the driver. Most Pro dragsters use a heavilly modified automatic. Back when I used (hehe) to race, I have a line lock on the front brakes with an auto. This "locked" the fronts and freed up the rears. Then you could pre-load the rear suspention, and with a release of a button, timed with full throttle, you'rae off... Hard to beat that.

Bill
Soon to be '87 325is


whats faster off the line. auto or standard?




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