An N/A auto is going to lose a drag race to a glacier. If the motor is old & / or toast, do the 1JZ-GTE swap along with a built auto or preferably the 5-speed manual. Then crack open the HKS catalog and get to work. They're heavy fawkers though. Think of them as Grand Tourer, capable of good speed, respectable handling, but not the flingable car a S13 or turbo MX-5 would be..