autos in autox

[pharow]

Has anyone ever done autox with an automatic? If so, wht should i do or get for my car?

[SeriousBusiness]

You should probably just look into doing a manual conversion. Not having the luxury of choosing a precise gear sucks. Though I have seen many corvettes and other sports cars (lol) compete with autos.

BTW, when you ask this question are you referring to making the car perform better? Or to increase the longevity of the trans? I'm sure you flogging it at an autox will kill it in short order, thats why I ask.

[nrubenstein]

The answer is this: An E30 isn't really a competitive car without massive work anyway. Therefore, you should do whatever it is that makes you enjoy the car. Mind you, the E30 automatic is complete shit, so I certainly wouldn't want to dissuade you from a three pedal conversion.

[trackjunkie21]

I would just leave it in 2, most auto-x courses don't have long straight so you can get out of 2nd. Mind you the automatic has longer gearing so it's even more of a good idea to just leave it in 2.

[pharow]

I have heard of ppl using autos in other types of cars. Just wanted to know if anyone has seen or has used an E30 auto in autox?

[briansjacobs]

I will assume you are a novice. The best advice I can give is to maintain the car the best you can, drive it as often as you can and do nothing to it but maintance. The single best mod you can make and cheapest mod you make to faster at an auto x is to install a better driver. So work on the driver as shitty driver in a fast car is usually slower than a good driver in a slow car.

[pharow]

I am a novice, and i am going to wrk on me...if i ever get to go to an event. There aren't many if any events near where i live. The closest i know of is held in D.C. About two hrs. away.

[movementality]

I will assume you are a novice. The best advice I can give is to maintain the car the best you can, drive it as often as you can and do nothing to it but maintance. The single best mod you can make and cheapest mod you make to faster at an auto x is to install a better driver. So work on the driver as shitty driver in a fast car is usually slower than a good driver in a slow car.

truuuee

back when i started autocrossing in my mazda the guy who ran the event for phillyscca beat my time by 2 frikkin seconds in his PRIUS on a 45-50 second course!

it's the driver, not the car.

[briansjacobs]

my first I went with my Z3 2.8 coupe (all the magazines where saying this car was dominating autox at the time) and a 90hp civic beat me by like 3 seconds. it was demoralizing and a friend that later mentored me said you can go home and tell everyone how awesome you are or you can say you want to learn to drive like that. I went with the later and 11 years and $xxx,xxx.xx later I am still at it!

[pharow]

yea. i knw i have A LOT to learn! so i plan on driving my car as much as i can, and learn it the best that i can. i luv my car, and i luv driving. so 1 day i will give it a try and see what happens. thanx guys.

[nando]

I did it for years. put it in 1st and go for it. I was a lot faster than people expected. I always got "oh, it's an automatic? no way" comments. Don't use 2nd unless you're going over ~50mph. it's not going to kill the transmission either.

the people who say wait for a 5 speed or do this or that mod first, probably aren't going to do much more than drive like an asshole on the way to the grocery store. it's about learning to drive at first anyway, not what car you have, how fast it is or what new mods you've done.

[SeriousBusiness]

I hadn't considered just leaving it in a certain gear for an auto. Good call. Honestly the first time I hit an autox course I was driving my sister's clapped out Jetta with blown shocks and cheapo tires. That was the most fun I have ever had behind the wheel of a car. I didn't do great compared to other people there, but it was a fucking blast and as long as you are having fun you are going to learn. My most recent time out was in a friend's S2000 (before I got my E30 of course) and it probably wasn't as much fun as the old jetta with monster body roll and slush box 5-speed.

[jasonsnoddy]

i autox'd the beater e30 i bought, was an auto. you kind of have to think a little bit more as to when you apply the gas, because you floor it, then the car goes like 2 or 3 seconds later. still hella fun, just be mindful of the lag.

[pharow]

all i can really say is that when ever i get a chance i will have fun.

[nickflic3]

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