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He's right, if you can avoid it don't get an auto if you want to be quick. It's not that it can't be done... it just takes a lot and I do mean a lot of hard work and money. Beefing up the A/T can be done for cheaper than the build up of a M/T tranny. OR if you go the route I did it can end up costing you more. The Level10 tranny ends up running about 2500-3000 bucks but will hold a lot of hp. I had the higher stall in the car which made launching a breeze. On street tires I could pull 2.0 60fts all day long in my FWD A/T. I realize this is nothing big compared to an AWD but as far as FWDs go getting below 1.9 without traction adders is a bitch. I raced my FWD A/T for a little over a year or so and it was fun as hell to race. Best I did before I went to AWD M/T was 13.8@101mph@15psi on pump gas. Warren Daniel pulled 12.7 in his on pump with street tires.
So you can see it's not impossible, just more difficult. If you mod your A/T there are three things that are a must.
1. End clutch upgrade. Either Red Eagle or Alto
2. Shift Kit
3. Higher Stall converter.
Also note this.... If you have a 2G FWD A/T they DO NOT make a LSD for it. I shopped high and low and neither Quaiffe or Kaaz would do it. If you go 1G they do make it because Kiggly had one in his before he did the M/T conversion. BTW Kiggly did 10s in his A/T FWD 1G and Russ Coxe did 10s in his AWD 2G A/T.
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