Going Auto from Stick

[CPHunter]

let me give you some back round on the situation. My girlfriend has been a DSM hater since she saw mine, called it a POS and blah blah blah. well this Saturday she came to the dark side. she bought a 91 Talon AWD

Anyways she wants to build a street/weekend warrior. we heard for the 600hp+ we are better off going Auto, we want a constant car, don't want to worry about destroying gears, miss shifts, and since we live in LA, Traffic in a manual sucks Balls. Anyways we don't know what's needed to beef up a Auto trans to hold that kind of power. Any Advice or point in the right direction would be great.

 

[e85_4g63]

IPT is your new best friend. IPT Performance Transmissions Torque Converters and Transmission Parts for Ford, GM, Chrysler, and Import vehicles

 

[toofast82]

To beef it up i recommend:
IPT shift kit and end clutch kit
Upgraded trans cooler and obviously change/flush fluid and filter
Roadsurge shift box or "blue wire" mod.

I just switched from auto to manual in my 91 talon, i have a classified with some parts i have for sale. Let me know about anything not listed. It will be a lot of work so be prepared!

 

[bane3d]

high stall torque converter. loved mine while it was running.

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[talon187]

you can make a 5spd handle 600 whp and not blow transmissions if you do it right. i would just build the 5 speed and do it right

 

[HighPSI TSi Guy]

I've done the conversion a bunch of times, it's not that bad. I am working on a writeup for my web page about it.