Originally posted by joshman
I hear what everyone is saying...sell the manual and get the auto or do a tranny swap. Auto tegs arent good i press on the gas and it takes a couple seconds to engage, but hey thats what automatics do right....but i was thinkin there was something you could do to an automatic cant you like change the gear ratios and make the throttle more sensitive some how??? maybe im just crazy. i would be happier with my teg if there was some way i could make the throttle more sensitive, you know how it is, you step on the gas the rpms stay where they are and then in a couple seconds they go up and your doing ok...isnt there any specialty place i could go around seattle that could tune an auto to make it accelerate faster? probably not, but thanks guys for all your suggestions.
The only thing I can think of is a custom modded automatic tranny, which would be horrendously expensive. Force 10 is one shop in SoCal that builds ATs for drag applications, and a similar outfit in your area could rebuild your AT with a higher stall speed torque converter, custom gear ratios and stronger clutch packs.. but as I said before, you'd be looking at the better part of $2000, I bet. Driveability will suffer, engagement and shifting will be harsh, and above all, you'll be wanting more HP and torque... unless you really HATE shifting (and it doesn't sound like that's the case), I'd sell the car and find a manual DC4.