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Posted by rob on February 11, 2001 at 23:08:48:

In Reply to: whats faster off the line. auto or standard? posted by Ty '91 318i on February 11, 2001 at 22:58:29:

My experience has been (with stock cars) standard trans are much quicker. You can drop the clutch at a higher rpm, rather than fight the auto torque converter while you get the rpms up.

My american cars had high rpm torque converters installed that would flash to 3,000 before they engaged, and it really pulled harder than my manual friends cars.

I'd also be curious how the auto bmw's do.
Rob


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