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View Poll Results: Gear Box... What was and what is
Car Started Life Auto is now Manual 18 25.35%
Car Started Life Manual is now Auto 2 2.82%
Car Started Life Auto and is still Auto 33 46.48%
Car Started Life Manual and is Still Manual 18 25.35%
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Old 22-09-2006, 09:30 PM   #1
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Im just wondering out of all of you whos car started Life an Auto, or Manual and what it is now

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Old 22-09-2006, 09:32 PM   #2
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The EL started out as an auto but it cracked the sads and died at 250,000k. I got a manual conversion for it for about the same price as an auto rebuild was going to cost.
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Old 22-09-2006, 09:49 PM   #3
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if you want to get power out of it and a quick 1/4 mile time don't do what i did. go
manual! i am even after spending $2000 modding/rebuilding my auto.
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Old 22-09-2006, 09:52 PM   #4
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mine started as a manual, and will always be manual
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:05 PM   #5
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Auto, to auto, to auto, to manual, to manual heh.

Yeah I broke a couple of boxes.
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:15 PM   #6
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auto, to manual
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:16 PM   #7
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Auto broke the box now making it manual as we speak, will be done by tomorrow working through the night
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:28 PM   #8
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Just a quick question off topic, now that im fiting a manaul convertion dows the power butten do anything,
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:32 PM   #9
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Just a quick question off topic, now that im fiting a manaul convertion dows the power butten do anything,
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My car started off manual..and..well...still is! And always will! Never driven auto and never will!
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Old 22-09-2006, 10:51 PM   #10
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My car started as a manual, and it will stay that way!
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Old 23-09-2006, 01:50 PM   #11
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Car Started Life Manual is now Auto = Serious men.
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Old 23-09-2006, 02:24 PM   #12
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My car started off manual..and..well...still is! And always will! Never driven auto and never will!
yes!! but you put in an auto option!!! cruise...
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Old 23-09-2006, 03:15 PM   #13
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my el auto died, i knew the fluid wouldnt have been clean and didn't want to spend the money or effort on servicing it, drove ok for abit used to chirp and all lol

that died, was leaking from input shaft- i thought it was rear main lol

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Old 23-09-2006, 06:09 PM   #14
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auto at the moment, waiting for someone to sell a T5 conversion for a 4.0
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Old 23-09-2006, 07:09 PM   #15
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auto all the way, and will most likely leave it an auto but with some things done to it. Plus im lazy, if i want to have a manual il just change the auto gears from 1, 2, 3 then drive lol.
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Old 23-09-2006, 07:12 PM   #16
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yes!! but you put in an auto option!!! cruise...
But it was also optioned in manuals...so it is legit!
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Old 23-09-2006, 07:30 PM   #17
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my car has always been a manual and it will ALWAYS be a manual!!
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Old 23-09-2006, 09:31 PM   #18
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Auto's bore me.

So Manual for everything
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Old 23-09-2006, 09:40 PM   #19
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auto.....

as much as i'd love a manual behind it, i dont see it happening in the forseeable future...

oh well
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Old 24-09-2006, 12:34 PM   #20
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Old 24-09-2006, 12:48 PM   #21
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i got a HQ started life as a 202 and 3 speed trimatic, it is now a 253 4 speed manual
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Mine came out as an Auto, still is an Auto but would be great if it was a manual!!
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Mine's manual but will be going auto in the future (C10) Would only go auto for drag racing...so thats what i'm doing
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Old 24-09-2006, 06:06 PM   #24
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Stock was auto, but now manual.
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Old 24-09-2006, 09:21 PM   #25
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Auto all the way! Stock auto is ~345,000kms old, and currently has a shift kit & a hi-stall. Will fit a large trans cooler soon to replace the stocker. Just gotta figure out where exactly to fit it, since it's 420x175x20mm :

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Old 24-09-2006, 10:17 PM   #26
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Started Auto, then put in another auto, then put in a manual. Depending on how i like it it could either stay manual or even go back to auto. Only time will tell ;)
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Mines an auto... But id call it a snake now...





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Old 25-09-2006, 01:01 AM   #28
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started auto then went manual, best mod eva! keen to hear from the 2 ppl who went manual to auto??
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Old 25-09-2006, 01:05 PM   #29
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car started life as a CFI + 3 speed auto, now is 4.0Lmpfi + T5, best combination
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