SVX Network Forums Live Chat! SVX or Subaru Links Old Lockers Photo Post How-To Documents Message Archive SVX Shop Search |
IRC users: |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
too bad really.
i know most on this site love manuals but i actually prefer automatic. especially on the track because it gives me more opportunity to focus on my racing line, competition, and corner workers. not dealing with gears was great. dont get me wrong i still had to listen to the car to know what gear it was in but all in all the experience was great and i had lots of fun.
__________________
1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
#32
|
||||
|
||||
Automatics
If I remember correctly, Jim Hall's Chaparrals had automatics. Don
__________________
Cats: Clio, Inky, Sheba, Sparky, Rocky, Cali, Scooter 3 cars: 02 SVT Focus, 2012 Versa...2015 Fiat 500 currently SVX-less 1 wife ("She, who must be obeyed..") "One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries" |
#33
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Automatics
Quote:
Golly, gosh, gee whiz. I hadn't thought about Jim Hall in AGES!
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#34
|
||||
|
||||
next time
Chris, thanks for you offer of the part first. if you see an SVX with spoiler sometimes appears in the Engineering Campus, that’s mine! : ) are you in downtown? If you tell me more, I could probably guess which SVX is yours. I saw SVXes w/ all kind of color over here ?blue, red, maroon, white, black. If you give me some hint, I might guess which is yours.
Thanks Don. I checked on the map is about close to 100miles from my town. I am very busy with my homework and projects this weekend. I can’t make it this time. If I could, I would like to go and meet yours SVXes not you guys. HEHE Next time I will try my best if there’s any other meet around my area please let me know, Don. -sssvx
__________________
-SSSVX 92 LS-L TEAL since Aug '01 92 LS-L YELLOW since Mar '05 |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Automatics
Quote:
|
#36
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Re: Automatics
Quote:
http://ads.x10.com/yahoo/yahgeo_alexandria.htm
__________________
Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
#37
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
The reason bracket racers like auto is because you're racing your dial in time, and consistancy is the name of the game, and an auto tranny will always be more consitant than the driver can shift a manual(heck, you can beat a 10 second Mustang with a stock GEO Metro, if you have more consistant times),but in the real drag racing most use a electricaly<sp?> shifted manual(to eliminate missed shifts), because they are better at putting the power to the ground, and have less power loss though them.
__________________
Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
#38
|
||||
|
||||
Oh yeah!,
Ichecked my mileage last night, and got 20.4 MPG mostly city driving, which is pretty much what I got with the auto in it.
__________________
Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
#39
|
|||
|
|||
sssvx
Actually I took my svx home (to small) instead I brought my 535i. It's [svx] silver w/ spoiler. I'm a first year E.E. and have Dr. Winn if you know who he is. I live in Lyon Tower and the SVX was parked at the law school for a short term.
Chris |
#40
|
||||
|
||||
listed
geez, chris, i can't believe our locations are so close. my apt is very close to pierpont. just like few mins walking distance to lyon tower. yours is silver w/ spoiler? in that case, there's not the one i saw. last 2 week, i saw one silver svx w/ no spoiler driven by an american lady and her daughter in sabraton. i just sent u an email. talk to ya later.
__________________
-SSSVX 92 LS-L TEAL since Aug '01 92 LS-L YELLOW since Mar '05 |
#41
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Huck, Thanks for clearing that up for us. All I wanted to know is, if a 10 second Mustang or even a Geo Metro pulls next to me at a light, All of my 237+HP ready to go, and my new 5 spd in place, when I punch it, I want to be sure that my gears won't be following me down the street. Anyways back to the swap. I know all of this is new to many of us, and we're all curious to know how both of your performance tests will turn out. (I included you here, alex_umn) BTW, What type of clutch assembly are you using? Is it the stock you're using for now, or did any of you change to high performance aftermarket equipment? I'm just taking notes. This MAY be on my to-do-list for next year.
__________________
"If it works, tear it apart and find out why!...... " 94 Blue L, 5-speed, converted 4wd, Clear headlights, Angel Eyes, Converted Radiator and fan, White faced guages, Cross-drilled/slotted rotors, Lambo doors ... ------------------------------------ |
#42
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
I'd say the weakest link in this setup is the clutch, I think you'd smoke a clutch before you'd break the tranny(and I know somebody will prove me wrong ) But I don't intend to race my SVX, just wanted it to drive it a little more spirted, in my day to day driving. I'm running a new stock clutch, pressure plate and throw-out bearing, but I believe Alex_umn is going to run a hi-po cluth set-up. When I have some spare cash to buy a G-Tech I'll check the 0-60 and quarter mile times anybody got one they want to loan me?? Going to have my rear rotors turned tomorrow to get rid of that annoying break shake.
__________________
Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
#43
|
||||
|
||||
Huck,
Let me first say that you are the envy of most of us hanging around here. Keep a towel around to wipe our drool marks off your car, will ya? How is the ECU and TCU handling the swap? Is your dashboard at this point lighting up like a Christmas tree? Inquiring minds want to know... VK |
#44
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Automatics
Quote:
I never have been able to get excited about Nascar, because I was so much into GT, CanAm, Grands Prix, when I was a kid. That was RACIN' ! Steve
__________________
Steve '95 Polo Green SVX L AWD, 188K - "Kermit" (Gone, but not forgotten) '02 Outback LLBean, 56K '02 Black Sapphire Volvo V40, 133K - "Shadowfax" '06 Triumph Tiger, 19K '99 Suzuki DR350SE, 8.5K - "Geezer Killer" <*}}}}>< ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ><{{{{*> |
#45
|
||||
|
||||
"When I have some spare cash to buy a G-Tech I'll check the 0-60 and quarter mile times anybody got one they want to loan me?? "
Drive down here and take me for a ride with that 5 spd and you can keep my g-tech until I see you at the next meet.
__________________
Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|